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• Pan-STARRS passed within 100 million miles of Earth, its closest approach ever, and was seen in the Northern Hemisphere.
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• 8. WHO LEADS IN LOS ANGELES MAYOR'S RACE
• Democrats Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel are headed for a runoff after no candidate won the majority.
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• 9. AN UNEXPECTED LOSS FROM SUPERSTORM SANDY
• Thousands of lab mice used in experiments drowned when a New York University hospital basement flooded.
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• 10. FOX TO ESPN: LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE
• Fox is challenging ESPN with a 24-hour sports cable network called Fox Sports 1, set to launch in August.
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AP News in Brief
Maduro becomes Venezuela's interim leader and will run for president, just as Chavez ordained
• CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Even in death, Hugo Chavez's orders are being followed. The man he anointed to succeed him, Vice President Nicolas Maduro, will continue to run Venezuela as interim president and be the governing socialists' candidate in an election to be called within 30 days.
• Foreign Minister Elias Jaua confirmed that Tuesday, just hours after Maduro, tears running down his face, announced the death of Chavez, the larger-than-life former paratroop officer who had presided over Venezuela as virtually a one-man show for more than 14 years.
• It was not immediately clear when the presidential vote would be held.
• Considerable funereal pageantry was expected to honor Chavez, the political impresario widely adored among Venezuela's poor for putting the oil-rich state in their service.
• Seven days of mourning were declared, all school was suspended for the week and friendly heads of state were expected in this economically challenged and violence-afflicted nation for an elaborate funeral Friday. No date or place were announced for Chavez's burial.
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