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• 5. HAGEL CLEARS FIRST HURDLE
• A sharply divided Armed Services Committee votes 14-11 to send Obama's pick for defense secretary to the full Senate.
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• 6. COMCAST BUYING UP NBCUNIVERSAL
• Completing the deal for the owner of NBC should make Comcast less vulnerable to rising TV programming costs.
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• 7. ENGINE FIRE CRIPPLES CRUISE SHIP
• Passengers say luxurious vessel has become a "shantytown" in the Gulf of Mexico, with lousy ventilation and non-functioning toilets.
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• 8. WHEN TREATMENT MIGHT BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE
• A study of older people with small kidney tumors found they lived longer if doctors monitored the growths instead of operating right away.
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• 9. TOP DOG CROWNED AT WESTMINSTER
• The 5-year-old affenpinscher Banana Joe edged a 20-month-old English sheepdog to win best in show.
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• 10. WHY WRESTLING GOT THE AX AT THE OLYMPICS
• The sport ranked "low" in several categories, including popularity with the public at the London Games and the global TV audience.
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AP News in Brief
California manhunt leads to cabin, fire believed to have claimed ex-officer wanted in rampage
• BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) -- The manhunt for a former Los Angeles police officer suspected of going on a killing spree converged Tuesday on a mountain cabin where authorities believe he barricaded himself inside, engaged in a shootout that killed a deputy and then never emerged as the home went up in flames.
• A single gunshot was heard from within. San Bernardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Jodi Miller said Tuesday night that a charred body was found inside the burned-out cabin.
• Investigators will use forensic tests to determine if the body belongs to Christo (Continued on page 28)
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