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bunker with a 5-year-old hostage.
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• 5. NEW JERSEY SENATOR RETURNS MONEY TO DONOR FOR CARIBBEAN JAUNTS
• Robert Menendez paid the donor $58,500 from his personal account for the Dominican Republic trips, and denied allegations he had sex there with prostitutes.
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• 6. NEWTOWN FAMILIES CALL FOR 'MOMENT OF TRANSFORMATION'
• Parents of children killed at the Connecticut elementary school spoke out for high-capacity weapons bans at a public hearing.
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• 7. WHY IT'S NOT CALLED 'SEXERCISE'
• One activity you thought might be doing you some good and burning extra calories probably isn't.
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• 8. TE'O HOAXTER SAYS NOTRE DAME STAR WASN'T PART OF JOKE
• Ronaiah Tuiaososopo tells Dr. Phil McGraw that he fell deeply in love with Te'o while pretending to be his online girlfriend. The interview airs today.
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• 9. LAST OF THE ANDREWS SISTERS DIES
• Patty Andrews, who boosted morale on the home front with songs like "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B," was 94.
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• 10. BET ON IT: BALTIMORE WILL WIN THE SUPER BOWL
• The AP's Barry Wilner favors the Ravens because of their tough defense and underappreciated QB Joe Flacco.
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AP News in Brief
Obama guns and immigration agenda finds itself competing with economic contraction
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Just as President Barack Obama is pushing new initiatives on gun control and immigration, the gloomy old problem of a sluggish economy is elbowing its way back into prominence. Consumer confidence is falling, the economy is contracting and large automatic spending cuts are threatening to hit the Pen (Continued on page 20)
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