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• 5. SEXUAL ASSAULTS 'LIKE A CANCER' IN THE MILITARY
• The Army's chief of staff testified before a congressional committee considering denying commanders the authority to overturn convictions.

• 6. NOTRE DAME JOKE ENDS COLLEGE PRESIDENCY
• Ohio State's Gordon Gee is retiring after a recording obtained by the AP quoted him as saying, "you just can't trust those damn Catholics."

• 7. FAREWELL TO A VETERAN SENATOR
• Vice President Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton are expected today, to eulogize New Jersey's Frank Lautenberg, who was the Senate's oldest member at 89.

• 8. WHY CHRISTIE IS TAKING HEAT OVER ELECTION FOR LAUTENBERG SEAT
• Republicans wanted New Jersey's governor to hold off on a special election until next year; Democrats objected to scheduling a costly special election a month before he tries to win re-election.

• 9. OKLAHOMA TWISTER A RECORD-SETTER
• Friday's deadly tornado was the widest ever at 2.6 miles with winds of nearly 300 mph, just shy of the strongest ever measured.

• 10. FIRST LADY FACED OFF AGAINST HECKLER
• Michelle Obama told a protester to either "listen to me or take the mic" after he shouted support for an executive gay rights order during her fundraising speech.

AP News in Brief
Army judge to decide whether to accept guilty plea from US soldier in Afghan massacre

• SEATTLE (AP) -- The American soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians during nighttime raids on two slumbering villages last year is expected to recount the horrific slaughter in a military courtroom Wednesday when he pleads guilty to avoid the death penalty.
• Staff Sgt. Robert Bales faces premeditated murder and other charges in the March 2012 attacks near the remote base in southern Afghanistan where he was

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