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1. A powerful storm moving across the southeastern part of the nation has packed a punch in west-central Mississippi. Officials say a tornado¹ touched down Saturday in at least three counties, damaging buildings, uprooting² trees and causing injuries.

2. Civil rights advocates are vowing³ to fight Arizona's tough new law targeting illegal immigration. It requires police to ask people about their immigration status if there is reason to believe they are in the country illegally.

3. Airlines are appealing to passengers to give up their seats to travelers stranded⁴ by the ash cloud that spewed from Iceland's volcano. Carriers across Europe are trying to clear a backlog⁵ of thousands of tourists grounded by the crisis.

4. Like a Key lime pie? Key West was the place to be Friday. A gargantuan⁶ Key lime pie measuring seven feet in diameter and 450 pounds was prepared for the island's annual independence celebration, which marks the Key's 1982 mock secession from America.