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• 2. A NEW LEADER FOR CHINA IN A COUNTRY THAT WANTS CHANGE
• Xi Jinping secured the Communist Party's top spot to lead a nation clamoring for economic and political reform.
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• 3. THE EMAIL THAT GAVE BIRTH TO A SCANDAL
• The anonymous email in May warned the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan to stay away from a Florida socialite, the first in a chain of messages that led to the downfall of CIA Director David Petraeus.
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• 4. THE AGENT WHO TRACKED THE GENERALS
• FBI Special Agent Frederick Humphries II helped stop a Los Angeles airport terror plot more than a decade ago.
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• 5. OBAMA SAYS THE NATION IS SECURE

• The president sees no evidence that the messy drama that ended his CIA director's career has endangered the country's security.
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• 6. HARD TIMES AGAIN FOR THE EUROZONE
• For the first time in three years, the 17 countries that use the euro have fallen back into a recession.
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• 7. WHY DRINKING CAN MAKE YOU FAT
• The Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention says that alcohol packs almost as many empty calories as sugary soda.
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• 8. OBAMA, BOEHNER SPAR OVER THE NATION'S WELL-TO-DO
• Let taxes rise on the rich, the president urges. That would hurt the economy and stunt job growth, the GOP leader counters.
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• 9. HOW A NEW DISCOVERY COULD AID THE FIGHT AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S
• Study of a just-identified variant gene might reveal ways to prevent the mind-robbing disorder.
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• 10. HOW TO KILL 180 MILLION RATS
• A helicopter is to begin dropping nearly 22 tons of poison bait to clear out rodents that have overrun the Galapagos Islands.

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