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• 5. SEXUAL ASSAULTS 'LIKE A CANCER' IN THE MILITARY
• The Army's chief of staff testified before a congressional committee considering denying commanders the authority to overturn convictions.
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• 6. NOTRE DAME JOKE ENDS COLLEGE PRESIDENCY
• Ohio State's Gordon Gee is retiring after a recording obtained by the AP quoted him as saying, "you just can't trust those damn Catholics."
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• 7. FAREWELL TO A VETERAN SENATOR
• Vice President Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton are expected today, to eulogize New Jersey's Frank Lautenberg, who was the Senate's oldest member at 89.
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• 8. WHY CHRISTIE IS TAKING HEAT OVER ELECTION FOR LAUTENBERG SEAT
• Republicans wanted New Jersey's governor to hold off on a special election until next year; Democrats objected to scheduling a costly special election a month before he tries to win re-election.
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• 9. OKLAHOMA TWISTER A RECORD-SETTER
• Friday's deadly tornado was the widest ever at 2.6 miles with winds of nearly 300 mph, just shy of the strongest ever measured.
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• 10. FIRST LADY FACED OFF AGAINST HECKLER
• Michelle Obama told a protester to either "listen to me or take the mic" after he shouted support for an executive gay rights order during her fundraising speech.
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AP News in Brief
Army judge to decide whether to accept guilty plea from US soldier in Afghan massacre
• SEATTLE (AP) -- The American soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians during nighttime raids on two slumbering villages last year is expected to recount the horrific slaughter in a military courtroom Wednesday when he pleads guilty to avoid the death penalty.
• Staff Sgt. Robert Bales faces premeditated murder and other charges in the March 2012 attacks near the remote base in southern Afghanistan where he was (Continued on page 22)
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