|
(Continued from page 28)
and sports equipment onto planes. • • 4. HOW THE BUDGET BATTLE MAY AFFECT WORKERS • Federal workers at HUD, Homeland Security and the EPA face the possibility of furloughs -- of varying lengths. • • 5. THE LIKELY CAUSE OF LION MAULING • The 550-pound lion that killed a 24-year-old volunteer at a California animal park likely escaped from a feeding cage and attacked her while she was cleaning its larger enclosure area, authorities say. • • 6. AL-QAIDA LEADER FACING JUSTICE IN U.S. • Captured in Jordan, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith -- Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and a member of his inner circle -- is to appear at 10 a.m. in a federal court in New York. • • 7. CALLING IT A POLITICAL CAREER • Democrat Carl Levin, a six-term senator, will not seek re-election in 2014, calling his decision "extremely difficult because I love representing the people of Michigan." • • 8. RACISTS NEED NOT APPLY • A police chief hired to rebuild a tiny Tennessee department dismantled by scandal is using a lie-detector test in a bid to keep bigots off his force. • • 9. WHAT YOUR FACEBOOK NEWS FEED WILL LOOK LIKE • The social network is revamping its main feature to make it appear more like the different sections of a newspaper. • • 10. BIEBS FEELIN' BETTER • Justin Bieber says he is "getting better," after fainting backstage at a concert in London, and the venue says tonight's show is scheduled to go ahead as planned. •
AP News in Brief Chavez funeral a platform for Venezuela government's bid to bolster support for his legacy
• CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- The stage is set for President Hugo Chavez's last (Continued on page 30)
|
|