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of their failure to end sexual abuse in the armed services.
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• 6. SYRIA'S PLANS FOR AFTER WAR ENDS
• A six-member U.N. team led by a former Syrian planning minister has started a reconstruction initiative even as there is no end in sight for the civil unrest.
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• 7. GOT WHEELS? COOL YOUR HEELS
• American Airlines says people with just a bag -- rolling suitcases not included -- will be allowed to board flights before most other passengers.
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• 8. WHERE POWERBALL IS GETTING ITS LATEST PUSH
• With California recently joining states that offer the lottery, players there and in neighboring Nevada are hoping for a piece of an estimated $550 million jackpot.
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• 9. WHAT BECKHAM GAVE TO US SOCCER
• David Beckham retires from the sport, but left Major League Soccer with the kind of legitimacy and visibility it would have taken decades to reach on its own.
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• 10. WHO THE LATEST 'AMERICAN IDOL' IS
• Vocal powerhouse Candice Glover bested country singer Kree Harrison to win the 12th edition of the contest and a record deal.
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AP News in Brief
House committee to grill ousted head of embattled IRS for targeting tea party groups
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers are ready to question the ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service as Congress holds its first hearing on the tougher scrutiny the IRS gave tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status.
• With the scandal joining the parade of political headaches buffeting President Barack Obama, the Republican-run House Ways and Means Committee planned to question the agency's ousted chief, Steven Miller, on Friday.
• Miller, acting director until he resigned Wednesday, seems sure to get a hostile reception from the committee. Members of both parties have spent the past week (Continued on page 25)
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