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SelectPlusAP Top StoriesAP Top StoriesThe Associated PressHere's the latest news for Tuesday, June 10: Plane crashes in Sudan, bursts into flames; Wisconsin watching dams after drenching rains; Senate blocks bill imposing taxes on oil company profits; Sliding into bed on the side of a building.[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]This is A-P News Minute.A PLANE CARRYING ABOUT 200 PASSENGERS VEERS OFF A RUNWAY IN SUDAN ... BURSTING INTO FLAMES. LOCAL TELEVISION SAYS AT LEAST 100 PEOPLE ARE DEAD. THE SUDAN AIRWAYS PLANE WAS LANDING IN KHARTOUM ... AT THE END OF A FLIGHT FROM AMMAN, JORDAN.IN WISCONSIN, AUTHORITIES ARE WATCHING DAMS IN THIS RAIN-SOAKED STATE ... AFTER A BREACH NEARLY EMPTIED LAKE DELTON, WASHING AWAY HOMES AND A HIGHWAY. A SWATH OF THE MIDWEST IS RECOVERING FROM DRENCHING STORMS ... THE WEATHER IS BLAMED FOR AT LEAST 15 DEATHS.IN THE SENATE, REPUBLICANS BLOCK A BILL IMPOSING A NEW TAX ON PROFITS FROM OIL COMPANIES. SENATORS SAY THE BILL WOULD HAVE MEANT HIGHER PRICES AND INCREASED OIL IMPORTS. MEANWHILE, GAS PRICES RISE ANOTHER 2 CENTS, TO A NATIONAL AVERAGE OF FOUR DOLLARS AND FOUR CENTS A GALLON.ON THE SIDE OF A BUILDING IN JAPAN ... THIS WOMAN TUCKS INTO BED, ALMOST FALLING ASLEEP. ALL PART OF A PROMOTIONAL STUNT ADVERTISING A CHAIN OF HOTELS.___ ___, The Associated Press with AP News Minute. (****END****) VOICE:---------------------------------------PRODUCER: Lee Powell---------------------------------------VIDEO APPROVAL:--------------------------------------- Station: Affiliation: Location: Contact: Number: E-Mail:

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