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• "I don't want to die. Please don't let me die," the Venezuelan leader mouthed to the head of his guard before dying of a heart attack.
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• 4. LION KILLS WOMAN AT CALIFORNIA ANIMAL PARK
• The volunteer intern had just entered 4-year-old Cous Cous' enclosure, and authorities were investigating what provoked the animal.
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• 5. CONGRESS TO VOTE ON GUN CONTROL
• A Senate committee is considering four bills, including an assault weapons ban and near-universal background checks for gun purchases.
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• 6. ARKANSAS PASSES NATION'S TOUGHEST ABORTION LAW
• Most procedures would be banned after the 12th week of pregnancy, 10 weeks earlier than Roe v. Wade allows.
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• 7. OBAMA COURTS GOP BEFORE BUDGET VOTE
• The president had dinner with senators after the House sent a bill to the Senate that would stave off a late March government shutdown.
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• 8. SUSPECT IN EXPECTANT PARENTS' DEATHS ARRESTED
• Julio Acevedo surrendered to police at a Pennsylvania convenience store and was arrested on charges of leaving the scene of an accident.
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• 9. ADS COME OUT OF THE CLOSET
• More gay ads are appearing, nearly two decades after Ikea's TV spot featuring a gay couple prompted bomb threats.
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• 10. RUSSIAN BALLET STAR GAVE GO-AHEAD FOR ATTACK ON RIVAL
• But Pavel Dmitrichenko says he didn't order anyone to throw acid in the face of the Bolshoi Theater's artistic director.
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