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February 01, 2013 | | OBIT New York’s legendary three-term mayor died Friday morning at age 88. The Daily Beast’s John Avlon reflects on the energetic force whose voice defined New York for a generation. Plus, read Lloyd Grove’s final interview with Koch. ADIEU Hillary Clinton changed the game irrevocably, and now she's about to transform it again—by walking away. In Newsweek, Michael Tomasky profiles Clinton's enduring legacy. ATTACK At least two people were killed and several more wounded early Friday in an explosion at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkish media reported. Sources said the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber, but no other details are known. DISASTER At least 25 people are dead and more than 100 are injured after an explosion Thursday at the headquarters of state oil company Pemex in Mexico City—while rescuers are desperately searching for more survivors. “An explosion took place in the B2 building of the administrative centre,” the company tweeted. “There are injuries and damage on the ground floor and mezzanine.” The cause is not yet known, but this is the second incident involving the oil giant recently. Just four months ago, 26 people were killed when a Pemex gas plant exploded in northern Mexico. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has called for an investigation into Pemex, which has a 75-year monopoly in the country. UNPRECEDENTED In an unprecedented move, Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez has relieved his predecessor, Cardinal Roger Mahony, of all his duties due to Mahony’s “mishandling” of child sex-abuse allegations by members of the clergy. The announcement falls on the same day that the church published 122 pages of the secret personnel files about the abuse. Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Curry, who allegedly covered up the abusers with Mahony, resigned. While Mahony canceled his confirmation schedule, an archdiocese spokesman insisted he remained a retired priest “in good standing.” But the pain of the scandal lives on: in a letter on the church’s website addressed to “my brothers and sisters in Christ,” Gomez called the posted files “brutal and painful reading” and said “the behavior described in these is files is terribly sad and misleading.” | | 
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