Monday,  March 4, 2013 • Vol. 14--No. 228 • 19 of 27 •  Other Editions

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• 4. WHY US BUDGET CUTS MAY BE HERE TO STAY
• No one has yet crafted a politically viable way to roll back the cuts.

• 5. EXPOSING THE FLORIDA SINKHOLE
• Demolition crews are clearing more debris today and hope to get a clear view of the giant crater that swallowed a man.

• 6. US, SAUDI ARABIA PRESENT UNITED FRONT ON SYRIA
• The countries warned Assad they will boost support to rebels fighting to oust him unless he steps down.

• 7. MENENDEZ PUSHED BILLS THAT WOULD BENEFIT TOP DONOR
• The AP's Stephen Braun reports the senator sponsored legislation that would benefit the eye doctor whose private jet he used for two trips to the Dominican Republic.

• 8. HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER SOUGHT IN ACCIDENT THAT KILLED PREGNANT MOTHER, HUSBAND
• The couple was killed when the BMW slammed into their livery cab taking them to the hospital. Their newborn son survived.

• 9. UNDERSTANDING OBAMACARE IN TAGALOG
• Health officials face the additional challenge of explaining the new law to the tens of millions of Americans whose first language is not English.

• 10. A ROYAL STOMACH BUG
• Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is hospitalized for the first time in a decade.

AP News in Brief
Cardinals begin pre-conclave meetings amid scandal, resignation and problems of church

• VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Cardinals from around the world have gathered inside the Vatican for their first round of meetings before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid scandals inside and out of the Vatican and the continued reverberations

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