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The Board of Elections came into session. The agenda item appeared simple: How could it speedily report election results after the polls close rather than hours later?

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Two of three American students arrested during a protest in Cairo have left Egypt, according to an airport official and an attorney for one of the trio.

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AP – An emergency meeting of the Penn State Board of Trustees was held late Sunday in the wake of an announcement that criminal charges had been filed against former defense coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who’s accused of sexually assaulting eight boys over 15 years, and two top university officials.

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AP – The Penn State board met in executive session Sunday following the weekend announcement that criminal charges were filed against former retired defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky that accused him of sexually abusing young boys.

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AP – A plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest crashed while attempting to land in dense fog in Nepal on Sunday, killing all 19 people on board, officials said.

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AP – Georgia’s pardons board rejected a last-ditch clemency plea from death row inmate Troy Davis on Tuesday despite high-profile support from figures including the pope and a former FBI director for the claim that he was wrongly convicted of killing a police officer in 1989.

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AP – President Barack Obama is restructuring his economic advisory board to place an emphasis on job creation, and he is naming General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt as its new head.

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