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• • 2. WHY U.N. VOTE RECOGNIZING PALESTINE MAY ULTIMATELY DISAPPOINT • Real independence remains an elusive dream until the Palestinians negotiate a peace deal with the Israelis. • • 3. ISLAMISTS APRROVE EGYPT'S CONSTITUTION • A draft constitution is passed without the participation of liberal and Christian members, a move that further inflames the clash between the opposition and President Mohammed Morsi. • • 4. WHO MIGHT'VE HIT THE POWERBALL JACKPOT • The Missouri Lottery confirms one winning ticket and is expected to reveal the winner at noon. The second ticket holder, in Arizona, remains a mystery. • • 5. SENATE REVIVES DEBATE ON CIVIL LIBERTIES • By voting that American citizens suspected of terrorism and seized on U.S. soil may not be held indefinitely, it sets up a fight with the House, which rejected efforts to bar indefinite detention earlier this year. • • 6. RIGHTS GROUP URGES MORE COMPASSIONATE PRISON RELEASES • For humanitarian and economic reasons, the federal Bureau of Prisons should grant more early releases to incapacitated and terminally ill prisoners, advocacy groups say in a report. • • 7. MYANMAR TACKLES CITIZENSHIP QUANDARY • In an exclusive report by AP's Todd Pitman, authorities in western Myanmar are tasked with determining who is a citizen. Rohingya Muslims seem to have the most to lose. • • 8. SOURCE TELLS AP: STRAUSS-KAHN AGREES TO SETTLE WITH ACCUSER • Hotel maid's lawsuit alleged that the former IMF chief tried to rape her in a New York hotel. • • 9. RESEARCHERS NAIL DOWN SEA MYSTERY • Scientists have figured out how to determine the age of a lobster -- by the number of rings in its eyestalk or in the teeth-like structures found in its stomach.
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