Officials: Jet restroom smoker caused bomb scare (AP)

AP - A Mideast diplomat who grabbed a surreptitious smoke in a jetliner’s bathroom sparked a bomb scare and widespread alert that sent jet fighters scrambling to intercept the Denver-bound flight, officials said.

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AP Exclusive: The Christmas attack interrogation (AP)

AP - Badly burned and bleeding, the suspect in the Christmas Day flight to Detroit tried one last gambit as he was led away: He claimed there was another bomb hidden on the plane he’d just tried to destroy, officials said.

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French: 1 black box found from Yemeni plane crash (AP)

AP - France’s transport minister says one of the black boxes of the Yemeni jetliner that crashed in the Indian Ocean has been found.

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California, other states face tough budget choices (AP)

AP - The California Senate has shut down for the night after failing to approve a stopgap plan to stave off the need for IOUs and ease the state’s $24.3 billion budget deficit.

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