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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- Officials say a large explosion has hit the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, causing casualties.... (hosted.ap.org)

A car bomb exploded just outside the police headquarters of a southern Afghanistan city on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said. (www.newsvine.com)

A large explosion hit just outside the police headquarters in a southern Afghanistan city on Sunday, killing at least six police officers, officials said. (www.newsvine.com)

How many zeroes is that? A Staten Island woman is suing the city for $900,000,000,000,000 — that’s $900 trillion — for taking her two kids and putting them into a Queens foster home in 2008.If she wins, she could pay off the US national debt and... (www.nypost.com)

Retired? No, you’re fired! The city has asked a judge to terminate a teacher who finally quit last fall after beating a rap for alleged sexual misconduct. Steven Ostrin, 58, a once-popular social-studies instructor at the elite Brooklyn Tech HS, was found guilty in December 2010 of “sexual banter... (www.nypost.com)

The medic charged with misconduct for callously failing to help a dying pregnant woman is still banking city paychecks — more than two years after getting suspended from active duty. Melisa Jackson, 25, has raked in about $39,000 annually since the death of Eutisha Rennix (pictured, in photo held by... (www.nypost.com)

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Facing financial ruin, Vallejo, California had to find common ground between city employees and officials (feeds.cbsnews.com)

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Manchester City rediscovered its attacking game in the English Premier League on Saturday, beating Fulham 3-0 to maintain its perfect home record and keep Manchester United at arm's length in the title race. (www.newsvine.com)

Leaders beat Fulham 3-0 to go three points clear of Manchester United ahead of their meeting with Chelsea on Sunday. (www.bbc.co.uk)

BEIRUT — Syrian forces hammered restive neighborhoods in the city of Homs for hours with mortars and artillery before dawn Saturday, sending terrified residents fleeing into basements and killing more than 200 people in the bloodiest episode of the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said. Despite international outrage over the assault, Russ... (www.nypost.com)

Bob Thompson learned he had prostate cancer after routine screening at the Whittier Street Health Center, a community-based facility that has long served serving thousands of residents of the inner-city Roxbury neighborhood. (www.newsvine.com)

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Activists said the death toll climbed to 260 in an attack Saturday on Homs, a claim the Syrian government flatly denied ahead of a meeting scheduled for Saturday at the United Nations Security Council. (feeds.nytimes.com)