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NEW YORK

Window washers disagree on return

A window washer left dangling from a tilting World Trade Center scaffold said Friday that he would go back tomorrow if asked, but his coworker said he would prefer a more earthbound assignment.

"This job's given me everything for my family, everything for me," Juan Lizama, 41, said after being stuck outside the 104-story tower when a cable loosened Wednesday. His coworker Juan Lopez, 33, noted that not every window washer has to work in the air: "Ground-floor jobs. . . . I will probably do that."

Both said they panicked but knew they would be safe once they saw firefighters. - AP
WASHINGTON

Gay-marriage cases

Same-sex couples seeking the right to marry are asking the Supreme Court to settle the issue of gay marriage. Appeals being filed Friday urge the justices to review last week's lower court ruling that upheld laws against gay marriage in Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, and Tennessee. - AP
WEST VIRGINIA

Student dies

A West Virginia University student found unconscious at a fraternity house died Friday, a day after the school ordered a halt to fraternity and sorority activities, officials said. Nolan Michael Burch, 18, of Williamsville, N.Y., died two days after officers were called to the Kappa Sigma house in an incident they call alcohol-related. - AP

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