Tuesday,  January 8, 2013 • Vol. 13--No. 173 • 21 of 29 •  Other Editions

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soft on Iran.

• 4. WHAT THE OFFICER WHO CAUGHT THE COLORADO SHOOTING SUSPECT SAW
• Jason Oviatt says James Holmes seemed "detached," although he was sweating profusely after the rampage that killed 12 at the suburban movie theater.

• 5. 'YOU DON'T GET CONDITIONS WORSE THAN THIS'
• Southeast Australia firefighters issue catastrophic threat levels after scores of blazes destroyed homes and left 100 people missing.

• 6. WHO WINS IN AN $8.5 BILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SETTLEMENT
• Hundreds of thousands of Americans will benefit, but consumers say U.S. banks will wipe out huge potential liabilities.

• 7. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A CHICAGO LOTTERY WINNER
• Police open a homicide investigation six months after $425,000 winner Urooj Khan died, saying he ingested a lethal dose of cyanide.

• 8. ARE WE THERE YET?
• Simulations of a 17-month journey to Mars made would-be spacemen drowsy -- acting like bears on the verge of hibernation.

• 9. ANOTHER LOOK AT AMY WINEHOUSE DEATH
• A second inquest Tuesday confirms that the singer died in 2011 of accidental alcohol poisoning.

• 10. A WOULD-BE CLASSIC TURNS INTO A ROUT
• No. 2 Alabama bashed No. 1 Notre Dame 42-14 to roll to its second straight BCS championship.

AP News in Brief
Obama choice of GOP ex-senator Hagel for defense secretary faces tough Senate confirmation

• WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's pick of Chuck Hagel to helm

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