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• Prime Minister Ali Zidan is taken from his Tripoli hotel at gunpoint, then freed a few hours later. • • 2. WHO'S COMING TO THE WHITE HOUSE • The president invites the entire House GOP to talk about the budget, but only about 20 senior members are expected. • • 3. HOW MANY HAVE TRIED TO SIGN UP FOR HEALTH INSURANCE • An AP poll shows 20 million people -- about 7 percent of the U.S. population -- attempted to register online through the government exchanges, and three-fourths of those reported problems. • • 4. US SLASHES AID TO EGYPT • But Washington is holding out the possibility of restoring it if its Mideast ally moves toward free and fair elections. • • 5. OBAMA NOMINEE HAS DAUNTING TO-DO LIST • Before she even gets the chance to decide when to slow the Fed's stimulus, Janet Yellen must overcome Washington's toxic political environment and win Senate confirmation. • • 6. INVESTIGATORS SEEK MOTIVE IN COURTHOUSE SHOOTING • A gunman who fired up to two dozen rounds at a federal courthouse in W.Va. is shot and killed by police returning fire. • • 7. WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN STAIRWELL ID'D AS MISSING PATIENT • The body of Lynne Spalding was discovered Tuesday, 17 days after she disappeared from her room at San Francisco General Hospital. • • 8. CARDINALS ADVANCE TO NLCS • Adam Wainwright pitches a complete game to lead St. Louis to a 6-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. • • 9. WHY ENGINEERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT AN OUTER SPACE MISSION • A Jupiter-bound spacecraft has gone into safe mode and is returning a low rate of data. •
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