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• Sealant odor forces closure of Chavez Center

  The Genoveva Chavez Community Center will be closed for the rest of the day because of an odor from maintenance work. »Story,

• Obama picks up 5 superdelegates, union endorsement

  WASHINGTON — Barack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among national convention superdelegates on Friday and won fresh labor backing as elements of the Democratic Party began coalescing around the Illinois senator for the fall campaign. »Story,

• Train quarantined in Ontario with mystery illness

  TORONTO — Canadian authorities quarantined a train in northern Ontario Friday after a woman died and several other people came down with an undetermined illness. »Story,

• UN halts aid to Myanmar after junta seizes supplies

  YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's junta seized U.N. aid shipments headed for hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, prompting the world body to suspend further help on Friday. »Story,

• Tornado knocks vehicles around in N. Carolina, kills 1

  GREENSBORO, N.C. — Authorities began combing through the wreckage Friday caused by a reported tornado that killed one person and injured three others in central North Carolina. »Story,