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Here are the AP's latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. -------------- ONLY ON AP -------------- ISLAMIC STATE-IRAN — The U.S. claims Iran is withdrawing its forces from Syria, seeking to allay Western fears that Iran is expanding its sphere of influence. Yet Iran is actually beefing up its presence with a new dispatch of commandos. By Deb Riechmann. UPCOMING: 900 words by 4 p.m., photos. ---------------- TOP STORIES ---------------- OFFSHORE ACCOUNTS-INVESTIGATION — A leak of 11.5 million documents from a Panama-based law firm offers a glimpse into the shadowy world in which the rich and powerful hide their wealth — and raises sharp questions about the use of shell companies that obscure the identity of their true owners. By David McHugh. SENT: 990 words, photos, video. UPCOMING: 1,000 words with new approach by 3 p.m., photos, video. With video WORLD OFFSHORE ACCOUNTS (CR); OFFSHORE ACCOUNTS-INVESTIGATION-THE LATEST; AP EXPLAINS-OFFSHORE ACCOUNTS; OFFSHORE ACCOUNTS-ICELAND — Iceland's PM says he won't resign in Panama Papers scandal; UKRAINE-OFFSHORE ACCOUNTS — Ukrainian president under fire over Panama Papers (all sent). OFFSHORE ACCOUNTS-RUSSIA — Documents released by Washington-based investigative journalists show that a Russian musician with ties to President Vladimir Putin has been operating a group of affiliated companies that controlled a business empire. Russian experts say the revelations are unlikely to affect Putin's popularity inside Russia. By Nataliya Vasilyeva. SENT: 1,060 words, photos. CAMPAIGN 2016 — Candidates make their final pitch in Wisconsin ahead of Tuesday's primary, where front-runner Donald Trump is hoping to rebound from a stormy week of controversy. By Scott Bauer and Jill Colvin. UPCOMING: 750 words by 4 p.m., photos. With CAMPAIGN 2016-THE LATEST (sent; updated throughout the day); DEM 2016 — Hillary Clinton celebrates New York's $15 minimum wage ahead of April 19 primary, while Bernie Sanders pushes for Wisconsin win. UPCOMING: 600 words by 4 p.m., photos. SUPREME COURT-VOTING RIGHTS — The Supreme Court endorses election maps that bolster Latinos' growing political influence, ruling that states can count everyone, not just eligible voters, in drawing voting districts. By Mark Sherman. SENT: 730 words, photos. UPCOMING: 800 words by 4 p.m., photos. With SUPREME COURT-JURY SECRECY - Court to decide case about juror's racial bias (sent). SYRIA — Syrian government forces fire their guns in celebration amid still-smoldering buildings inside the town of Qaryatain hours after recapturing it from Islamic State militants. An Associated Press crew traveling to the once-flourishing home of a sizable Christian population witnesses the ravages inflicted on a fifth-century monastery bulldozed by the extremist group last year. By Albert Aji. SENT: 670 words, photos. UPCOMING: 800 words with new approach by 4 p.m., photos, video. ALASKA AIR-VIRGIN AMERICA — Alaska Air Group Inc. is buying Virgin America in a deal worth more than $2 billion, creating a powerhouse airline with an expanded West Coast presence. By Airlines Writers David Koenig and Scott Mayerowitz. SENT: 880 words, photos. With video US VIRGIN AMERICA (CR). BKC-NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP — North Carolina plays Villanova for the national title, with Tar Heels coach Roy Williams going for his third national title. By National Writer Eddie Pells. UPCOMING: 900 words developing from game starting at 9:18 p.m., photos. With BKW-NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP— Breanna Stewart and the UConn Huskies are one victory from an unprecedented fourth straight national championship. 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SENT: 770 words, photos. PRINCETON-WOODROW WILSON — Woodrow Wilson's name will remain on Princeton University's public policy school, despite calls to remove it because the former U.S. president was a segregationist, the Ivy League university announces. SENT: 800 words, photos. With PRINCETON-WOODROW WILSON-THE LATEST (sent). BOURBON STREET SHOOTING — A man convicted for his role in a gunfight that killed one bystander and left nine people injured on New Orleans' famous Bourbon Street is sentenced to 60 years in prison, the maximum penalty. SENT: 550 words, photos. With BOURBON STREET SHOOTING-THE LATEST (sent; updated throughout the day). SEAWORLD-KILLER WHALE BREEDING — Marine scientists say SeaWorld's decision to end its orca breeding program will deprive them of vital opportunities to study killer whales and learn things that could help them in the wild. SENT: 110 words, photos. 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Instead, they often find themselves lost in a nation where they thought they'd feel at home, struggling with depression, discrimination, joblessness and their own lingering pride in the repressive nation they left behind. SENT: 1,510 words, photos. Eds: This story moved as the Tuesday Spotlight. ------------ BUSINESS ------------ OIL DOWNTURN-HOUSTON — Even as the price of oil has plummeted, Houston has carried on, maintaining a jobless rate of 4.7 percent in February, slightly better than the national average. SENT: 1,000 words, photo. ------------------------------- ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ------------------------------- INTEL CEO-TV STAR — Intel CEO Brian Krzanich is trying to do for the chipmaker what Donald Trump did for his political career — give it a boost by being on national TV. Krzanich's reality TV show debuts Tuesday on TBS. SENT: 800 words, photos. 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