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GOP 2016 - Despite Donald Trump's victories, he must do better in upcoming contests
to claim the Republican presidential nomination before the convention, AP delegate
count shows. By Stephen Ohlemacher and Steve Peoples. SENT: 300 words. UPCOMING:
800 words by 3 p.m., photos.
TOP STORIES
CAMPAIGN 2016 - Gripped by chaos and consternation, the Republican establishment
searches for a last-chance option to derail Donald Trump and avoid nominating a
presidential candidate the party can’t contain. By Kathleen Hennessey and Julie Pace.
SENT: 900 words, photos. UPCOMING: New approach of 800 words by 4 p.m.
victories, politicians, editorial writers and ordinary people around the world react —
some with befuddlement, others with horror — to the increasingly real possibility that
he could be America’s next president. By John Thor-Dahlburg. UPCOMING: 800 words,
photos by 4:30 p.m.
‘SUPREME COURT-ABORTION - There's little common ground as the Supreme Court’s
liberals and conservatives confront their biggest abortion case in nearly a quarter-
century, dealing with Texas restrictions on abortion clinics. By Mark Sherman. SENT: 700
words. UPCOMING: New approach of 800 words by 3 p.m., photos, video,
GOP 2016-CHRISTIE UNDER FIRE - Was that really Chris Christie, the brusque, take-a-
back-seat-to-no-one governor of New Jersey? Christie’s seemingly shell-shocked gaze as
he stood behind Donald Trump on Super Tuesday is generating befuddlement and
mockery in his home state and beyond. SENT: 550 words, photos.
UNITED NATIONS-NORTH KOREA - The U.N. Security Council unanimously approves the
toughest sanctions on North Korea in two decades, reflecting growing anger at
Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test and rocket launch in defiance of a ban on all nuclear-
related activity. By Edith M. Lederer. SENT: 750 words, photos, video.
MIGRANTS-BACK TO SMUGGLING — Human trafficking is back in a big way in the
Serbian capital and elsewhere along the Balkan migrant corridor — a veritable growthindustry for locals as European Union nations slam their borders shut in a domino
effect, leaving thousands of refugees stuck at Greece’s northern border. SENT: 1,000
words, photos.
YEAR IN SPACE - There’s nothing like a blast of fresh, frigid air to welcome you back to
the planet after nearly a year cooped up in space. NASA’s space-endurance champ,
Scott Kelly, and Russia’s Mikhail Kornienko relished the cold air when the hatch of their
Soyuz capsule popped open after touchdown. By Aerospace Writer Marcia Dunn. SENT:
880 words, photos. Kelly arrives in Houston about 10:30 p.m.
INTERNATIONAL
SYRIA - Just days into a U.S.-Russia-brokered cease-fire that has mostly held across
Syria, residents of a front-line village in Hama province say they hope the truce will
prevail and that a sense of normalcy could soon return. But elsewhere, a car bomb kills
18 commanders of a U.S.-backed rebel group while Kurdish-led forces take strategic
ground in Aleppo province. By Vladimir Isachenkov. SENT: 600 words, photos.
UPCOMING: New approach of 900 words by 3 p.m.
INDONESIA-EARTHQUAKE - Indonesia has lifted a tsunami warning issued after a
powerful earthquake off Sumatra sent islanders rushing to high ground, SENT: 400
words.
NATIONAL
GUNSHOT TREATMENT-BYSTANDERS — A hospital in Philadelphia is teaching residents
in high-crime neighborhoods how to treat gunshot wounds. SENT: 700 words, photos.
HEALTH/SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
HACK THE PENTAGON - The Pentagon is looking for a few good computer hackers. Their
job? Break into its public Internet pages to find vulnerabilities. SENT: 130 words.
UPCOMING: 500 words by 3 p.m., photo.
ENTERTAINMENT
TV-DOWNTON ABBEY-APPRECIATION — “Downton Abbey” concludes its six-season run
on Sunday with a series finale that is tender, upbeat and mostly satisfying. An
Frazier Moore. SENT: 750
appreciation of this magnificent drama by Television Writ