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• Transgender candidate could become a first in NYC
• Texas governor woos disgruntled Conn. gun makers
• Ex-hitman: I was heartbroken Bulger was informant
• Report: Slowdown in health care costs to continue
• Tropical depression forms off the coast of Belize
• Still no Hoffa after 1st day of latest search
• Investigators 'zeroing in' on Colo. wildfire start
• Remote Mich. village abuzz over shipwreck search