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The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Wednesday, May 14

Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers.

1. SEARCH CONTINUES FOR MINERS TRAPPED IN TURKEY

An explosion and fire at a mine in the western part of the country kills over 200 people, trapping many more underground.

2. UKRAINE WARILY, RELUCTANTLY AGREES TO TALKS

The government says it will consider giving more powers to the regions under a plan brokered by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. But talking with insurgents is another matter.

3. FBI GETS HUNDREDS OF CALLS ABOUT PEDOPHILE

The bureau says it has been contacted by several hundred people who are either potential victims or want to provide information in the ongoing investigation of a teacher who, before committing suicide, abused dozens of his students.

4. WHO IS ORDERED TO UNDERGO PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST

The judge in the Pistorius murder trial tells the double-amputee Olympian to undergo an evaluation, which will delay proceedings.

5. NEBRASKA WIN IS RARE BRIGHT SPOT FOR TEA PARTY

Struggling to claim any victory so far in the primary season, anti-establishment conservatives are relishing Ben Sasse’s landslide in the GOP race for a Senate seat.

6. PENTAGON APPROVES CHELSEA MANNING TRANSFER FOR TREATMENT

The Department of Defense is trying to move the convicted leaker to a civilian hospital where she can get medical care for her gender disorder.

7. HOW VIETNAM IS REACTING TO BEIJING’S STRATEGIC MOVES

Mobs are torching foreign-owned factories suspected of being Chinese to express their anger over China’s new oil rig in disputed Southeast Asian waters.

8. WHERE ANOTHER SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BAN WAS STRUCK DOWN

Gay and lesbian couples in Idaho could start getting married as soon as Friday after the state’s prohibition of same-sex nuptials was ruled unconstitutional.

9. SURVIVING THE WAR, ONLY TO FALL AT HOME

A Vermont soldier suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is shot and killed by one of his children after terrorizing the family all evening one night in April. Now his widow vows to carry on his work of helping veterans find treatment.

10. AGE TO BUY CIGARETTES: 18. AGE TO HARVEST TOBACCO: 7 AND UP

Human Rights Watch says children work long hours in hazardous conditions harvesting pesticide-laced tobacco leaves.

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