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• A Senate committee is holding Congress' first hearing on gun control since the Newtown shootings. • • 2. DREAMLINER BATTERIES HAD TROUBLE BEFORE • The NTSB asked Boeing Co. for a history of the lithium-ion batteries after a Japan airline said it replaced them multiple times. • • 3. WHAT CAUSED THE BRAZIL NIGHTCLUB FIRE • Flammable foam on the ceiling, just one exit and no sprinkler systems helped fuel the blaze that killed over 230 people. • • 4. JUDGE OKS RECORD $4B PENALTY FOR GULF SPILL • Oil giant BP PLC pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges for the deaths of 11 rig workers. • • 5. ANOTHER KOREAN ROCKET LAUNCH • South Korea said it successfully put a satellite in space weeks after archrival North Korea surprised the world with its own launch. • • 6. 'SYRIA IS BEING DESTROYED BIT BY BIT' • International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi called for international help with a compromise as the U.N. chief asked for up to $1.5 billion in refugee aid. • • 7. KERRY BREEZES TO CONFIRMATION AS SEC'Y OF STATE • Even Republicans praise him as Clinton's ideal successor. • • 8. WHY NEW ORLEANS POLICE ARE NERVOUS • The city has to be secure for 150,000 Super Bowl visitors and the thousands of revelers flooding in to celebrate Mardi Gras. • • 9. WHAT'S NEW ABOUT THE NEW BLACKBERRY • The Blackberry 10 debuting today is faster and lets users keep their work and personal identities separate on the same phone. • • 10. A-ROD SNARED IN DOPING SCANDAL • A Miami newspaper says records show the three-time AL MVP used a now-defunct clinic to buy performance-enhancing drugs.
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