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• 2. BLUE MONDAY: WHEN THE WEEK STARTS WITH A STOCK SLUMP
• The first day of the week is the only one when the market is more likely to fall than to rise.
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• 3. MYANMAR PRESS FREEDOM TAKES A STEP
• Journalists will no longer have to submit their work to state censors -- something they've done for nearly half a century. But other restrictions remain.
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• 4. QUESTIONS FOLLOW DEATH OF TONY SCOTT

• Authorities are investigating the death of the "Top Gun" director -- who jumped off a bridge in LA -- as a suicide.
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• 5. FIGHTING OVER UNINHABITED ISLANDS
• The Chinese call them the Diaoyu, the Japanese say they're the Senkaku chain. Whatever name you choose, they're the subject of one of the biggest territorial flare-ups in years between the Asian giants.
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• 6. MISSOURI SENATE CANDIDATE BACKS OFF RAPE COMMENTS
• GOP Rep. Todd Akin first said a woman's body "has ways" to prevent pregnancy during "a legitimate rape."
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• 7. WHAT A SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE MEANS
• The punishment for Gu Kailai, wife of a disgraced former Chinese politician, will likely end up as life in prison after her murder conviction.
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• 8. THE STATE DINNER FOR KIDS (HOLD THE TATER TOTS)
• First lady Michelle Obama hosts a luncheon for 8- to 12-year-old winners of a healthy lunch recipe contest.
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• 9. WHAT DOG VISITS MEAN TO SICK KIDS
• Two canines scampering through a hospital ward in Ecuador bring smiles -- and even relief -- to kids with cancer.
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• 10. NYAD TAKES A STINGING, KEEPS ON SWIMMING
• The 62-year-old endurance athlete continues on her 103-mile quest to swim from Florida to Cuba.

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