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FILE - In this May 28, 2003 file photo, country music legend Merle Haggard smiles during a news conference at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington where he and his sister Lillian Haggard Hoge donated belongings taken on their family's Dust Bowl-era move from Oklahoma to California on Route 66. Haggard died of pneumonia, Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Palo Cedro, Calif. He was 79. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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Country icon Merle Haggard dies at 79

by Kristin M. Hall Associated PressApril 6, 2016

FILE - In this April 1, 2016, file photo, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas Frieden speaks during a news conference at a Zika summit in Atlanta. Congressional officials say April 5, the Obama administration has decided to transfer leftover money from the largely successful fight against Ebola to combat the growing threat of the Zika virus in Puerto Rico, the Southeast U.S., and Central and South America. Most of the 600 million or so would be devoted to the Centers for Disease Control, which is focused on research and development of anti-Zika vaccines, treating those infected with the virus and combating the mosquitoes that spread it. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

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White House: $589M to go to fight Zika virus

by Andrew Taylor Associated PressApril 6, 2016

Aida Seif el-Dawla, Suzan Fayyad, center, and Magda Adly, right, co-founders of El Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence, hold a press conference in Cairo Feb. 21.

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Egypt takes aim at group tracking torture

by Brian Rohan Associated PressApril 6, 2016

FILE - This April 5, 2016 file photo shows the entrance of the regional head office of Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, one of the world's biggest creators of shell companies, in Hong Kong, America's openness to foreign tax evaders is coming under new scrutiny after the leak this week of 11.5 million confidential documents from the Panamanian law firm. The Panama Papers show how some of the world's richest people hide assets in shell companies to avoid paying taxes. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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US seen as top haven for tax cheats

by Paul Wiseman Associated Press, and Marcy Gordon Associated PressApril 6, 2016

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, March 23, 2016, World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan delivers her speech during a conference in Lyon, central France. Chan said Wednesday April 6, 2016, that excessive weight, aging and population growth have recently driven a huge increase in worldwide cases of diabetes and called for stepped-up measures to reduce risk factors as well as improve treatment and care. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, FILE)

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Diabetes quadruples over last 25 years

by Jamey Keaten Associated PressApril 6, 2016

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Wednesday, April 6, 2016. Poroshenko said at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday that an offshore holding company set up for his candy business was a necessary step to put his assets into a blind trust when he became president in 2014.(AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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Politicians, celebs in spotlight

by Frank Jordans Associated Press, and Ken Moritsugu Associated PressApril 6, 2016

An electrician installs solar panels on a roof.

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Advocates say solar bill doesn’t go far enough

by The Recorder and The Associated Press April 6, 2016

This photo provided by the University of Victoria, taken in July 2015, shows different species of coral alive and colorful at the Pacific island of Kiritimati. The coral on the sea floor around Kiritimati looked like a boneyard in November 2015. Stark, white and lifeless. But there was still some hope. In April, color returned with fuzzy reds and browns, but that’s not good news. Algae has overtaken the lifeless coral on what had been some of the most pristine coral reefs on the planet. (Kieran Cox/University of Victoria via AP)

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‘Gruesome’ coral death linked to El Nino

by Seth Borenstein Associated PressApril 6, 2016

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Some urge state health services to quit program

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressApril 6, 2016

Police officers stand watch as Boston Marathon participants race along the course, April 20, 2015

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Boston Marathon security: 5,000 cops

by Denise Lavoie Associated PressApril 6, 2016