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Residents who rushed outdoors following tremors stand on a road outside their houses in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, April 13, 2016. A strong earthquake struck Myanmar on Wednesday night and was felt in parts of eastern India and Bangladesh. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.(AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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Strong quake hits Myanmar; no major damage

by Staff Report April 14, 2016

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. pauses while speaking to reporters at the Republican National Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, ruling himself out of the Republican presidential race once and for all. The statement comes after weeks of speculation that Ryan could emerge as the GOP nominee if there's a contested Republican convention. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House set to blow budget deadline

by Erica Werner Associated Press, and Andrew Taylor Associated PressApril 14, 2016

A local resident with her child comes out of a polling booth to cast her ballot for parliamentary elections at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 13, 2016. South Koreans on Wednesday voted in the parliamentary election that many predict will hand President Park Geun-hye's conservative party a decisive win, despite frustrations over a sluggish economy. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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President’s party suffers setback

by Kim Tong-Hyung Associated PressApril 14, 2016

A Syrian policeman stands guard outside a polling station during the parliamentary election in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Polling stations opened in government-held parts of Syria where a new 250-member parliament will be elected. Arabic reads: "Polling station." (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Syria balks at Assad departure

by Zeina Karam Associated Press, and Albert Aji Associated PressApril 14, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., greets a CWA worker as he arrives to join a Verizon workers picket line, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Verizon strikers’ picketing includes Northampton

by Michael Balsamo Associated Press, and Karen Matthews Associated PressApril 14, 2016

FILE - In this July 6, 2015 file photo, American flags fly at the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street. Global stocks logged solid gains Wednesday, April 13, 2016, after the first rise in nine months in Chinese exports suggested an improving outlook for the world's second largest economy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Bank earnings give markets big boost

by Marley Jay Associated PressApril 13, 2016

UMass students arrested Tuesday night for trespassing at the Whitmore Administration Building appear in Eastern Hampshire District Court Wednesday.

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Students arrested at UMass get probation, and a chuckle

by Michael Majchrowicz @mjmajchrowiczApril 13, 2016

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UMass divestment could be powerful example

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterApril 13, 2016

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Smoky scene after stove pipe malfunctions

by Amanda Drane @amandadraneApril 13, 2016

University of Massachusetts first-year Melissa Bonaccorso joined about 30 other students in staging a UMass Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign sit-in at the office of the UMass Amherst chancellor in the Whitmore Administration Building on Monday.

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UMass activists continue sit-in

by Staff Report April 13, 2016