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defying critics who said she misled the nation about the Benghazi attack. • • 5. JUDGE RULES FOR 10-YEAR-OLD DYING GIRL • But the decision to move the child up the adult waiting list for a lung transplant troubled medical ethicists. • • 6. SOLDIER'S EXPLANATION FOR AFGHANISTAN SLAUGHTER • Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales told a judge there was "not a good reason in this world for why I did the horrible things I did" before pleading guilty to the 2012 killings. • • 7. HOPE FOR BETTER KOREA RELATIONS • North and South Korea agreed to talks on reopening a jointly run factory complex after weeks of nuclear tensions strained the nations. • • 8. HOW THE POWERBALL WINNER GOT LUCKY • Gloria C. Mackenzie said another person let the 84-year-old widow let her jump one spot in line at a Florida supermarket. The favor gave her the $590 million record jackpot. • • 9. WHY MICHAEL JACKSON'S DAUGHTER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL • Fire officials said they transported someone in 15-year-old Paris Jackson's neighborhood for a possible overdose; her spokesman said she is getting "appropriate" medical care. • • 10. A-ROD UNFAZED BY MLB CONTROVERSY • The three-time MVP is rehabbing his surgically repaired hip and plans to return after the All-Star break while an investigation of performance-enhancing drugs swirls around him. •
AP News in Brief Report: Government secretly scooping up phone records of millions of Verizon customers
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- The National Security Agency has been collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon under a top secret court order, according to a report in Britain's Guardian newspaper.
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