Tuesday,  February 12, 2013 • Vol. 14--No. 208 • 29 of 37 •  Other Editions

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• 7. HAGEL FACES SENATE VOTE
• Democrats are calling a committee vote for the defense secretary nominee, rejecting Republican demands for more financial information.

• 8. GANG MEMBERS CHARGED WITH SHOOTING TEEN WHO SANG AT INAUGURATION
• Chicago police say the two men mistook Hadiya Pendleton and her friends for members of a rival gang.

• 9. COMEDIAN'S SISTER DETAINED WHILE PRAYING AT ISRAEL'S WESTERN WALL
• Sarah Silverman's sister Susan, a Jerusalem rabbi, was stopped because she was wearing religious clothing that Orthodox Judaism reserves for men only.

• 10. WHAT WESTMINSTER WON'T TOLERATE: PERFORMANCE-ENHANCED DOGS
• That means no cosmetic surgery and no steroids. "It goes against the spirit of showing dogs," club President Sean McCarthy says.



AP News in Brief
North Korea conducts third underground nuclear test, saying it is aimed at US 'hostility'

• PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea conducted a nuclear test at an underground site in the remote northeast Tuesday, taking an important step toward its goal of building a bomb small enough to be fitted on a missile that could reach United States.
• North Korea made clear that the explosion of its third atomic device -- which it claimed was smaller than the ones in its previous two tests -- was a warning to what it considers a hostile United States. Its actions drew immediate condemnation from Washington, the U.N. and others. Even its only major ally, China, voiced opposition.
• "The test was conducted in a safe and perfect way on a high level, with the use of a smaller and light A-bomb, unlike the previous ones, yet with great explosive power," North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said.

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