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FILE - Retired Royal Australian Air Force Air Marshall Angus Houston speaks to the media during a press conference about the on-going search operations for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, in Perth, Australia, in this April 4, 2014 file photo. Houston told a news conference Sunday April 6, 2014 the two electronic pulsing signals that a Chinese ship reported detecting on Friday and Saturday had not been verified as connected to the missing jet. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)

‘Promising lead’ emerges in hunt for Flight 370

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

A Chinese Ilyushin IL-76s aircraft taxies past another parked on the tarmac at Perth International Airport after returning from search operations for wreckage and debris of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, in Perth, Australia, Monday, April 7, 2014. It’s not a question most governments involved in the hunt for Flight 370 care to answer: How much has the far-flung, month-long search cost? Several Chinese ships and planes have been involved in the search, but China’s foreign ministry did not respond to questions about the expense of the effort. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Another jet-search unknown: How much it’s costing

By LEON DROUIN-KEITH - Associated Press

FFA to probe complaints against women’s coach

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20 capsules for the Masters

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Relatives of Chinese passengers onboard the Malaysia Airlines plane, MH370 pray in a prayer room in Beijing, China, Friday, April 4, 2014. An arduous weeks-long hunt has not turned up a single piece of wreckage, which could have led the searchers to the plane and eventually to its black boxes containing key information about the flight. But the searchers have apparently decided to make a direct attempt to find the devices, whose batteries last about a month. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

‘Pulse’ signal picked up in Indian Ocean during search for missing jet: report

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AP News in Brief at 10:58 p.m. EDT

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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, right, greets a Royal Australian Air Force P-3 Orion captain Lt. Russell Adams and his crew involved in the search for wreckage and debris of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 in Perth, Australia, Thursday, April 3, 2014.Najib was in Australia to meet with Australian Prime Minister Tonny Abbott to hold bilateral talks about the missing plane and to attend briefings with crew members. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, Pool)

Search agency says 2 ships to start black box hunt

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Sunday, March 30, 2014, file photo, the Australian navy ship Ocean Shield lies docked at naval base HMAS Stirling while being fitted with a towed pinger locator to aid in her roll in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Perth, Australia. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)

2 ships hunt for black boxes from missing jetliner

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain sprays champagne on the podium with teammate Nico Rosberg, right, after winning the the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix at Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, March 30, 2014. Rosberg finished in second place. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Mercedes set for hat trick of F1 wins at Bahrain

By CHRIS LINES - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this file photo taken on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, and supplied by Sea Shepherd Australia on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, three dead minke whales lie on the deck of the Japanese whaling vessel Nisshin Maru, in the Southern Ocean. (AP Photo/Tim Watters, Sea Shepherd Australia)

World court: Japanese whaling not scientific

By Toby Sterling - Associated Press

Crew onboard a Royal Malaysian Air Force C-130 Hercules unloads the aircraft after it landed at RAAF Base Pearce to to help with the search for debris or wreckage of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Perth, Australia, Saturday, March 29, 2014.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith, Pool)

Black box detector to join Malaysian jet search

By ROB GRIFFITH and GILLIAN WONG - Associated Press

Australian defense ship Ocean Shield lies docked at naval base HMAS Stirling while being fitted with a towed pinger locator to aid in her roll in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Perth, Australia, Sunday, March 30, 2014. The Australian warship with an aircraft black box detector was set to depart Sunday to join the search. It will still take three to four days for the ship, the Ocean Shield, to reach the search zone — an area roughly the size of Poland about 1,850 kilometers (1,150 miles) to the west of Australia. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

The search, ID method for debris from Malaysia jet

By ROD McGUIRK and HRVOJE HRANJSKI - Associated Press

An object floats in the southern Indian Ocean in this picture taken from a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Saturday, March 29, 2014. A warship with an aircraft black box detector was set to depart Australia on Sunday to join the search for the missing Malaysian jetliner, a day after ships plucked objects from the Indian Ocean to determine whether they were related to the missing plane. None were confirmed to be from the plane, leaving searchers with no sign of the jet more than three weeks after it disappeared. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

No objects from search linked yet to Flight 370

By ROB GRIFFITH and GILLIAN WONG - Associated Press

AP News in Brief at 10:58 p.m. EDT

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Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen, center, of Finland signs prepares to sign his autograph for a fan as he arrives at the paddock for the third practice session and qualifying session for Sunday's Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix at Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia, Saturday, March 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)

Mercedes’ Hamilton takes pole at Malaysian GP

By CHRIS LINES - Associated Press

Tom Dumoulin leads in Criterium International

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Wing Commander Rob Shearer looks through binoculars on the flight deck of a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft searching for missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370 over the southern Indian Ocean, March 29, 2014. A day after the search for the Malaysian jetliner shifted to a new area of the Indian Ocean, ships on Saturday plucked objects from the sea to determine whether they were related to the missing jet. None were confirmed to be from the plane, leaving searchers with no sign of the jet three weeks after it disappeared. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

Malaysian jet search reveals new floating objects, but no hard evidence tied to crash

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