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• 7. HAGEL FACES SENATE VOTE
• Democrats are calling a committee vote for the defense secretary nominee, rejecting Republican demands for more financial information.
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• 8. GANG MEMBERS CHARGED WITH SHOOTING TEEN WHO SANG AT INAUGURATION
• Chicago police say the two men mistook Hadiya Pendleton and her friends for members of a rival gang.
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• 9. COMEDIAN'S SISTER DETAINED WHILE PRAYING AT ISRAEL'S WESTERN WALL
• Sarah Silverman's sister Susan, a Jerusalem rabbi, was stopped because she was wearing religious clothing that Orthodox Judaism reserves for men only.
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• 10. WHAT WESTMINSTER WON'T TOLERATE: PERFORMANCE-ENHANCED DOGS
• That means no cosmetic surgery and no steroids. "It goes against the spirit of showing dogs," club President Sean McCarthy says.
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AP News in Brief
North Korea conducts third underground nuclear test, saying it is aimed at US 'hostility'
• PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea conducted a nuclear test at an underground site in the remote northeast Tuesday, taking an important step toward its goal of building a bomb small enough to be fitted on a missile that could reach United States.
• North Korea made clear that the explosion of its third atomic device -- which it claimed was smaller than the ones in its previous two tests -- was a warning to what it considers a hostile United States. Its actions drew immediate condemnation from Washington, the U.N. and others. Even its only major ally, China, voiced opposition.
• "The test was conducted in a safe and perfect way on a high level, with the use of a smaller and light A-bomb, unlike the previous ones, yet with great explosive power," North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said.
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