Wednesday,  February 13, 2013 • Vol. 14--No. 209 • 27 of 35 •  Other Editions

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• 5. HAGEL CLEARS FIRST HURDLE
• A sharply divided Armed Services Committee votes 14-11 to send Obama's pick for defense secretary to the full Senate.

• 6. COMCAST BUYING UP NBCUNIVERSAL
• Completing the deal for the owner of NBC should make Comcast less vulnerable to rising TV programming costs.

• 7. ENGINE FIRE CRIPPLES CRUISE SHIP
• Passengers say luxurious vessel has become a "shantytown" in the Gulf of Mexico, with lousy ventilation and non-functioning toilets.

• 8. WHEN TREATMENT MIGHT BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE
• A study of older people with small kidney tumors found they lived longer if doctors monitored the growths instead of operating right away.

• 9. TOP DOG CROWNED AT WESTMINSTER
• The 5-year-old affenpinscher Banana Joe edged a 20-month-old English sheepdog to win best in show.

• 10. WHY WRESTLING GOT THE AX AT THE OLYMPICS
• The sport ranked "low" in several categories, including popularity with the public at the London Games and the global TV audience.

AP News in Brief
California manhunt leads to cabin, fire believed to have claimed ex-officer wanted in rampage

• BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) -- The manhunt for a former Los Angeles police officer suspected of going on a killing spree converged Tuesday on a mountain cabin where authorities believe he barricaded himself inside, engaged in a shootout that killed a deputy and then never emerged as the home went up in flames.
• A single gunshot was heard from within. San Bernardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Jodi Miller said Tuesday night that a charred body was found inside the burned-out cabin.
• Investigators will use forensic tests to determine if the body belongs to Christo

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