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VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican spokesman says Pope Benedict XVI isn't concerned about what might emerge in the widening investigation into leaked documents and is encouraging prosecutors and a fact-finding commission to get to the truth over one of the greatest Holy See scandals in recent history.
MIRANDOLA, Italy (AP) — A powerful earthquake has killed at least 15 people and left 200 injured as it rocked a swath of northern Italy. Factories, warehouses and churches collapsed, dealing another blow to a region where thousands are still homeless from a stronger temblor just nine days ago.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian fans of the videogame Angry Birds will soon be able to get special debit cards — or "Angry Cards" — giving them discounts on the game's products.
NEW YORK (AP) — CNN is hiring a chef.
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's stock is dropping again, hovering around $30 after it hit a new low in morning trading.
ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Mario Monti has suggested that soccer in the country be suspended two to three years because of the latest match-fixing scandal.
LONDON (AP) — The debt crisis that has ravaged Europe for the best part of three years has exposed a dislike of the single currency but little desire to abandon it, a wide-ranging survey of public opinion found Tuesday.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The jury in the John Edwards campaign corruption trial is deliberating for a seventh day after a judge gave the panel a stern warning not to talk about the case over the weekend.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks opened higher on Wall street Tuesday on optimism that China will take action to reverse the recent slowdown in its economic growth. Homebuilders rose on news that home prices rose for the first time in seven months.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A massive wildfire burning in a mountainous southwestern New Mexico forest is close to becoming the largest fire in state history.
