Monday,  June 24, 2013 • Vol. 14--No. 338 • 30 of 38

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• 6. DAREDEVIL CROSSES GORGE ON TIGHTROPE
• Nik Wallenda got across a river near the Grand Canyon in 22 minutes on a 2-inch thick steel cable, 1,500 feet high.
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• 7. WHAT SNOWDEN DID IN HONG KONG
• Lawmaker Albert Ho says the NSA leaker stayed in a private location, switched places a couple of times and slipped out a few times at night.
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• 8. RULING FAVORS 6-YEAR-OLD TRANSGENDER CHILD
• Colorado officials are holding a news conference today explaining the decision to let Coy Mathis, who identifies as a girl, use the girls' bathroom at school.
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• 9. GANDOLFINI FUNERAL PLANS SET
• The "Sopranos" star will be remembered at an upper Manhattan cathedral on Thursday, after his body was flown from Italy to his home state of New Jersey.
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• 10. SUPERMOON SHINES
• The biggest and brightest full moon of the year cast its light around the world Sunday when it came within 222,000 miles of Earth.
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AP News in Brief
South Africa president says anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela's condition remains critical

• JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Nelson Mandela's condition in a Pretoria hospital remained critical for a second straight day Monday, said South Africa's president who described the stricken anti-apartheid hero as being "asleep" when he visited Mandela the previous evening
• President Jacob Zuma told at least 60 foreign and South African journalists that doctors are doing everything possible to ensure the 94-year-old's wellbeing and comfort on his 17th day in the hospital. The president repeated some of the content of a presidential statement issued on Sunday and refused to give any details about Mandela's condition, saying: "I'm not a doctor."
• "Madiba is critical in the hospital, and this is the father of democracy. This is the man who fought and sacrificed his life to stay in prison, the longest-serving prisoner

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