Friday,  March 8, 2013 • Vol. 14--No. 232 • 29 of 37 •  Other Editions

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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

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