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• 5. WHAT THE "GANG OF EIGHT" ARE UP TO
• Senators including John McCain and Charles Schumer tour the Arizona-Mexico border and will outline the latest on efforts to reform the nation's immigration policies and protect U.S. borders.
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• 6. MIXED MARTIAL ARTS CATCHES EYE OF LAWMAKERS
• Michigan is one of about a dozen states where amateur mixed martial arts shows are legal but unregulated and that may be about to change.
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• 7. HEALTH CARE REPORT COULD CAUSE OBAMA A HEADACHE
• Insurers will pay an average of 32 percent more for medical claims on individual health policies under his overhaul, a study says.
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• 8. WHICH STATE HAS THE NATION'S TOUGHEST ABORTION LAW
• North Dakota's governor signs a measure banning the procedure as early as six weeks into a pregnancy -- any time a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
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• 9. DISABILITIES CAN'T SLOW THESE SURFERS
• Dozens of disabled people in Rio de Janeiro are conquering the waves with specially modified surfboards.
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• 10. HOW MISBEHAVING COACHES MAKE OUT
• An AP review of infractions cases since 2000 found that some coaches who run afoul of NCAA rules fare better than others.
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AP News in Brief
Next up for gay marriage: Supreme Court hears challenge to federal Defense of Marriage Act
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the second of back-to-back gay marriage cases, the Supreme Court is turning to a constitutional challenge to the law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples.
• A section of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act says marriage may only be a relationship between a man and a woman for purposes of federal law, regardless of (Continued on page 30)
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