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• 3. SUICIDE BOMBER STRIKES IN BAGHDAD
• The attack -- likely retaliation for the Iraqi government's campaign to retake two cities overrun by al-Qaida militants -- kills at least 12.

• 4. MEDICS DETAIL HARASSMENT BY TURKISH AUTHORITIES
• Several doctors who treated demonstrators during last summer's Taksim Square upheaval tell the AP they were assaulted with tear gas and pressured to reveal the names of patients.

• 5. WHAT LED TO RODMAN'S OUTBURST
• The ex-NBA star apologizes, and says he had been drinking before a TV interview in which he faulted an American missionary being held captive in North Korea.

• 6. COMPANIES MAKE GOOD ON CALORIE-CUTTING PLEDGE -- AND THEN SOME
• Some of the biggest food companies in the U.S. have cut calories in their products by more than 6.4 trillion -- more than four times the amount they had promised.

• 7. WHERE FORCED ABORTIONS ARE CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE
• The procedures are one way China enforces its population limits.

• 8. FIRST DEATH FROM H5N1 BIRD FLU RECORDED IN NORTH AMERICA
• Officials say the victim was traveling from China to Canada when the symptoms appeared, and that the risk to the general public is very low.

• 9. WHICH DAYTIME TV HOST IS A REAL PEOPLE PERSON
• Ellen DeGeneres wins her 14th People's Choice award -- the most for a female entertainer.

• 10. ALL WRESTLING, ALL THE TIME
• WWE -- following the lead of the NFL, NHL, NBA and MLB -- is launching an around-the-clock TV network.


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