Here are some of the AP Video-US stories we're working on for 09/20/2012.
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FEATURES
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OUTLOOK FOR CHINA'S SOLAR INDUSTRY CLOUDY - Rivals are accusing China, the world's largest producer of solar panels, of selling products at a loss to put competitors out of business. The EU is investigating following a complaint by a group of 25 producers of solar gear. The investigation is expected to last 15 months, but if there is strong early evidence of dumping it is possible to impose temporary duties within nine months.
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NATIONAL
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APPLE IPHONE 5 - Tomorrow, Apple launches the newest member of its mobile device family - the iPhone 5. With Google Maps no longer a default application with the new operating system, many iPhone owners are worried about the downfalls of the new mapping software.
CAMPAIGN IMPACT ON SENATE RACES - The impact of the presidential campaign can be seen throughout both parties. With tight Senate races in Massachusetts and Virginia, analysts weigh in on whether Obama's lead is helping him and if Romney's gaffes are working against him.
GMA'S ROBERTS UNDERGOES BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT - Robin Roberts, the 'Good Morning America' co-anchor, sent a video message taped from her New York hospital bed for airing on the program Thursday, which is the day she's set to have a bone marrow transplant.
CLINTON: BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE EXPENSIVE - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the cost of building new global infrastructure will reach $9 trillion a year by 2020. The comments came as Clinton spoke to international government and business leaders at a conference in Washington.
CONGRESS HOLDS HEARING ON 'FAST AND FURIOUS' - A Republican House committee chairman says a watchdog report on a bungled gun-trafficking probe in Arizona is a step toward restoring public faith in the Justice Department.
OBAMA-BIDEN CAMPAIGN - President Obama continues campaigning in Florida with a fundraiser in Tampa.
ROMNEY-RYAN CAMPAIGN - Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is also campaigning in Florida with an event in Sarasota.
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REGIONAL
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VA, ATTACKS GET PERSONAL IN VIRGINIA SENATE DEBATE - Former Governor Tim Kaine and former senator George Allen held their first debate. The two are engaged in one of the most-watched Senate races in the U.S. Both men sharply criticized each other's records.
CA, 13 WOUNDED IN CALIFORNIA PRISON RIOT - Officials say they are still investigating the cause of the riot at a California prison that left 13 people wounded, including one inmate shot.
NY, ACTIVISTS SET SIGHTS ON OCCUPY, OBAMA - Americans for Prosperity activists from all over the New York tri-state area gathered in Midtown Manhattan to stand up to Occupy Wall Street, and call attention to what they say is President Obama's 'failing economic agenda.'
CA, JUDGE DENIES REQUEST TO STOP ANTI-MUSLIM TRAILER - A judge has denied a request seeking to force YouTube to remove an anti-Muslim film trailer that has been blamed for causing deadly violence in the Muslim world. The actress who filed the lawsuit calls the film 'degrading.'
TX, ENDEAVOUR LEAVES HOUSTON FOR NEW HOME IN CALIFORNIA - The space shuttle Endeavour took off atop a modified transport plane from a Houston airport, beginning its journey to retirement in California, where it will be put on permanent display in a museum.
IL, DETENTION HEARING FOR TERROR SUSPECT IN CAR BOMB CASE - The detention hearing is taking place for Adel Daoud, an 18-year-old facing terrorism-related charges for allegedly trying to set off what he thought was a car bomb next to a Chicago bar.
DC, CONSTRUCTION OF INAUGURAL PLATFORM BEGINS - The first nail is being hammered in to the 2013 Inaugural Platform for the January 21, 2013 presidential inauguration ceremonies.
AK, POWERFUL WINDS POUND ANCHORAGE - A powerful wind storm pounded Anchorage, Alaska, damaging homes and buildings, and flipping cars and trucks. The wind forced two commercial flights and five cargo planes headed for Anchorage to divert to other locations.
CA, LATEST IN 3D TECHNOLOGY ON DISPLAY - Electronics salesmen are showing off the latest in technology at the 5th annual 3D Summit in Los Angeles.
TX, CLOSE CALL: QUICK-THINKING OFFICERS DODGE CRASH - Dashcam video from Lubbock, Texas shows two officers pushing a woman out of the way and dodging a moving police vehicle, after a van hit it and sent it hurtling towards them.
AZ, ENFORCEMENT OF ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAW PROTESTED - A day after the most contentious provision of Arizona's immigration law took effect, rallies were held around Phoenix to protest the law that civil rights activists say will lead to systematic racial profiling. (Sept. 19)
WA, PROSECUTORS: WOMAN TRIED TO DECAPITATE HUSBAND - A woman is accused of trying to use a saw to decapitate her husband while he was sleeping at home. (Sept. 19)
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INTERNATIONAL
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CHINA VP GREETS ASIAN NEIGHBORS - China's Vice President Xi Jinping greeted Asian neighbors on Thursday, on the sidelines of the 9th China-ASEAN Expo that is due to open on Friday in the southern Chinese city of Nanning.
CUBA CONDEMNS 50-YEAR-OLD U.S. EMBARGO - Cuba condemned the 50-year-old U.S. economic embargo on the island in an annual report and called for the sanctions to be lifted.
LOUVRE OPENS NEW WING DEDICATED TO ISLAMIC ART - France's Louvre Museum is unveiling a new wing and galleries dedicated to the arts of Islam, the culmination of a nearly $130 million, decade-long project that is coming to fruition amid heightened tensions between the Muslim world and the West.
FIRE DESTROYS BANGLADESH SHANTYTOWN - A fire destroyed at least 500 homes in a poor district in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka. Officials say it took more than two hours to bring the blaze under control and it is unclear what caused the fire.
MORE AFGHAN PROTESTS AGAINST ANTI-ISLAM FILM - Protests against an anti-Islam film which ridicules the Prophet Muhammad continued in the Afghan city of Jalalabad. University students marched and chanted anti-American slogans, and they burned an effigy of President Barack Obama.
SYRIA - Fighting continues close to the Turkish border as rebels attack the Syrian army. Diplomats from more than 60 countries met in a suburb of the Dutch city of The Hague to discuss tightening economic sanctions against Syria's ruling regime.
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ENTERTAINMENT
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NEW FILM LOOKS AT THE LIFE OF DIANA VREELAND - Director Lisa Immordino Vreeland talk about her fashion documentary, 'Diana Vreeland: the Eye Has to Travel.'
TIMBERLAKE NOT IN A RUSH FOR NEW MUSIC - Justin Timberlake talks about why he hasn't released a new album since 'FutureSex/LoveSounds' in 2006.
EMMY RED CARPET SECRETS - Makeup, Botox and fillers are secrets of stars for Sunday's Primetime Emmy Awards.
EASTWOOD ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON RNC APPEARANCE - At the premiere of his new drama 'Trouble With the Curve,' actor Clint Eastwood fields questions about his much-discussed appearance at the Republican National Convention.
KIMMEL HELPS ROLL OUT RED CARPET FOR EMMYS - Emmys host Jimmy Kimmel helps roll out the red carpet and talks about the show coming up this weekend.
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HONG KONG JEWELRY FAIR - It's the 30th anniversary of the September Hong Kong Jewelry and Gem Fair, and organizers say the diamond display is the largest of its kind in the world. The Hong Kong fair is the largest in Asia, and attracts visitors from across the region wanting to buy ahead of the traditional present-giving season of Diwali, Christmas and Chinese New Year that runs from November to Spring.
DENNIS HOPPER EXHIBITION OPENS IN BERLIN - Dennis Hopper was the Easy Rider actor who came to symbolize counter-culture Hollywood. He is less well-known as a photographer, but an exhibit in Berlin is changing that. A collection of more than 400 recently discovered prints in which Dennis Hopper documented the U.S. arts scene of the mid-1960s, the civil rights movement and his celebrity friends.
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