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• The AP's Jean H. Lee reports Eric Schmidt is traveling on a humanitarian mission to North Korea. • • 4. CLINTON LEAVES HOSPITAL • She spent three days in New York receiving blood thinners to dissolve a blood clot in n her head. • • 5. BOEHNER BACKTRACKS ON BILL FOR SANDY VICTIMS • Facing outraged lawmakers, the House speaker scheduled two votes this month for roughly $60 billion in aid. • • 6. CHARGES FILED IN INDIA OVER GANG RAPE ON BUS • Police say they will seek the death penalty for five men charged with rape and murder. • • 7. FORECASTING FLU SEASON • Scientists are using weather data in their attempts to predict disease outbreaks. • • 8. WHY A SPERM DONOR WAS TOLD TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT • Kansas officials say the agreement the donor signed with a lesbian couple wasn't legal because a doctor wasn't used. • • 9. WHAT THE MILITARY IS PUNISHING KOREAN POP STAR FOR • Defense officials say Rain met with Korean actress Kim Tae-hee while he was serving mandatory military duty. • • 10. CARDINALS 'SHOCK THE WORLD' IN SUGAR BOWL • No. 22 Louisville made good on safety Calvin Pryor's promise and upset No. 4 Florida 33-23. •
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