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AP – Intelligence officials have intercepted a credible terror plot against Britain and France, raising security fears at the Eiffel Tower on Tuesday, but failing to raise the overall threat level in either country.

AP – A tropical depression that quickly developed in the Caribbean headed over Cuba early Wednesday threatening to strengthen into a tropical storm as it headed toward southeastern Florida.

AP – It was after dark and 15-year-old Susan Jordan was still not home on that school night 30 years ago when her worried family got a chilling call they’ll never forget.

AP – President Barack Obama is back in the birthplace of his political triumph. But this time the electorate is surly instead of inspired, and he’s not on the ballot alongside his embattled fellow Democrats.

AP – The ascension of Kim Jong Il’s little-known, 20-something son to a prominent ruling party post put him well on the path Wednesday to succeed the supreme leader at the helm of nuclear-armed North Korea and carry the family dynasty into a third generation.

AP – Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and billionaire investor Warren Buffett are set to meet China’s super rich Wednesday to sell the art of giving over a dinner that has sparked some soul searching among the world’s second-largest number of billionaires.

AP – Seniors with high drug costs will soon have more options to help them cope with Medicare’s prescription coverage gap.

AP – Anti-austerity protests erupted across Europe on Wednesday — Greek doctors and railway employees walked out, Spanish workers shut down trains and buses, and one man even blocked the Irish parliament with a cement truck to decry the country’s enormous bank bailouts.

AP – On Monday, Michael Bolton performed what was described as the worst jive in “Dancing With the Stars” history. On Tuesday, he was eliminated from the hit ABC show.