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AP Top Headlines At 5:45 p.m. EDT

• Obama: NATO shifting to help peace in Afghanistan
  CHICAGO (AP) -- The NATO alliance that has fought for a decade in Afghanistan is helping that nation shift toward stability and peace, but there will be "hard days ahead," President Barack Obama said Sunday as alliance leaders insisted the fighting coalition will remain effective despite France's plans to yank combat troops out early....
• What to look for at the NATO summit
  A look at the main issues for the NATO alliance at the summit meeting for heads of government in Chicago on Sunday and Monday....
• Convicted Lockerbie bomber dies of cancer in Libya
  TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- He was the embodiment of one of modern Libya's darkest chapters - a man synonymous with horrifying scenes of wreckage, broken families and a plane that fell out of the sky a generation ago. His name, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, was little known compared to the single word that his deeds represented: Lockerbie....
• Strong quake kills 4 in Italy cheese region
  SANT'AGOSTINO DI FERRARA, Italy (AP) -- A magnitude-6.0 earthquake shook several small towns in northeast Italy Sunday, killing four people, knocking down a clock tower and other centuries-old buildings and causing millions in losses to the region known for making Parmesan cheese....
• New 1940 US census records show black undercount
  NEW YORK (AP) -- It was on the streets of her Harlem neighborhood in the 1940s that teenager Althea Gibson began working on the tennis skills that would take her all the way to winning Wimbledon....
• Tropical Storm Alberto hovers off SC coast
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Tropical Storm Alberto hovered off the South Carolina and Georgia coasts on Sunday, canceling tourist cruises, producing showers along the coast and serving as a reminder that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner....
• Pa. health care company seeks gas drilling facts
  PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Some people are absolutely sure gas drilling threatens public health, while others are absolutely sure it doesn't....
• Viewing events, eyewear urged for 'Ring of Fire'
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Parts of eastern Asia were being treated to a solar spectacle as the moon slid across the sun, creating a "ring of fire." Sky-watchers in the western U.S. awaited their turns as the rare phenomenon was due to move over the Pacific and toward them later Sunday....
• 'Avengers' sinks 'Battleship" to remain No. 1
  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "The Avengers" continues to muscle out everything else Hollywood throws at it, easily sinking naval rival "Battleship" and other new releases....
• Cueto's arm, Ludwick's bat lift Reds over Yankees
  NEW YORK (AP) -- Johnny Cueto pitched effectively into the eighth inning, Ryan Ludwick delivered two big hits and the Cincinnati Reds closed out their extended visit to New York by beating the Yankees 5-2 Sunday....