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and sending prices for propane and natural gas to record highs. • • 3. SECURITY ISSUES AT LA AIRPORT BEFORE SHOOTING • AP's Tami Abdollah reports that two armed officers assigned to the area had left for breaks without informing a dispatcher as required, officials say. • • 4. STANDOFF INTENSIFYING IN UKRAINE • Clashes between protesters and police in Kiev left at least three dead, a grim escalation of the country's two-month-long political crisis. • • 5. STATE OF EMERGENCY BEGINS IN THAILAND • Gunmen shoot and wound a top leader of a major pro-government movement in northern Thailand, as demonstrators defy a state of emergency. • • 6. HOW CHILD CAR SEATS MAY HAVE TO CHANGE • AP's Joan Lowy finds that the government wants regulations that would require the seats to protect kids in side-impact crashes. • • 7. WHY THE LUNAR NEW YEAR IS A HEALTH CONCERN • There's already been a spate of bird flu cases in China, and hundreds of people and birds will jam buses to travel for the holiday. • • 8. FORMER VIRGINIA GOV. MCDONNELL, WIFE INDICTED • The former GOP rising star is accused of accepting gifts from the owner of a health supplement company, an allegation he denies. • • 9. ON DRY LAND AT LAST, AFTER BEING TRAPPED ON ICE • The 52 people who got stranded in the Antarctic are back in Australia. What's not clear is who will pay the bill for the rescue involving four countries. • • 10. NEW VIDEO OF ROB FORD SHOWS HIM SLURRING WORDS • The Toronto mayor, seen apparently imitating a Jamaican accent, later told reporters: "What I do in my personal life with my personal friends, that's up to me." •
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