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Leffler’s death puts spotlight on short tracks

A Jason Leffler sticker is seen on Carl Edwards' car after qualifying, Friday, June 14, 2013 for Sunday's Quicken Loans 400 auto race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich. The death of NASCAR driver Leffler at a dirt-track race near Philadelphia earlier this week has brought more attention to small, local tracks, where some big names like Tony Stewart still show up to race on occasion. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Tony Stewart opened his remarks with a few words about his relationship with Jason Leffler.

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At E3, sexism still an issue

Jess Sylvia assists a show attendee at the Nyko booth, a manufacturer of accessories for tablets and game consoles, during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When it comes to video games, it still felt like a man’s world at E3.

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AP Exclusive: Bangladesh factory flaws highlighted

Bangladesh garment workers arrive for work in the morning in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, June 13, 2013. Bangladeshi garment factories are routinely built without consulting engineers. Many are located in commercial or residential buildings not designed to withstand the stress of heavy manufacturing. Some add illegal extra floors atop support columns too weak to hold them, according to a survey of scores of factories by an engineering university that was shown to The Associated Press. (AP Photo/A.M.Ahad)

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladeshi garment factories are routinely built without consulting engineers. Many are located in commercial or residential buildings not designed to withstand the stress of heavy manufacturing. Some add illegal extra floors atop support columns too weak to hold them, according to a survey of scores of factories by an engineering university that was shown to The Associated Press.

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Unpaid internships in jeopardy after court ruling

Eric Glatt, a Georgetown Law student, poses for a photograph on their campus, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 in Washington. Unpaid internships have long been a path of opportunity for students and recent grads looking to get a foot in the door in the entertainment, publishing and other prominent industries, even if it takes a generous subsidy from Mom and Dad. But those days of working for free could be numbered after a federal judge in New York ruled this week that Fox Searchlight Pictures violated minimum wage and overtime laws by not paying interns who worked on production of the 2010 movie "Black Swan." Glatt was one of the interns.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Unpaid internships have long been a path of opportunity for students and recent grads looking to get a foot in the door in the entertainment, publishing and other prominent industries, even if it takes a generous subsidy from Mom and Dad.

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Turkish PM: Authorities will rid Istanbul’s Taksim Square of ‘troublemakers’ within 24 hours.

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