Monday,  June 24, 2013 • Vol. 14--No. 338 • 30 of 38

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• 6. DAREDEVIL CROSSES GORGE ON TIGHTROPE
• Nik Wallenda got across a river near the Grand Canyon in 22 minutes on a 2-inch thick steel cable, 1,500 feet high.

• 7. WHAT SNOWDEN DID IN HONG KONG
• Lawmaker Albert Ho says the NSA leaker stayed in a private location, switched places a couple of times and slipped out a few times at night.

• 8. RULING FAVORS 6-YEAR-OLD TRANSGENDER CHILD
• Colorado officials are holding a news conference today explaining the decision to let Coy Mathis, who identifies as a girl, use the girls' bathroom at school.

• 9. GANDOLFINI FUNERAL PLANS SET
• The "Sopranos" star will be remembered at an upper Manhattan cathedral on Thursday, after his body was flown from Italy to his home state of New Jersey.

• 10. SUPERMOON SHINES
• The biggest and brightest full moon of the year cast its light around the world Sunday when it came within 222,000 miles of Earth.

AP News in Brief
South Africa president says anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela's condition remains critical

• JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Nelson Mandela's condition in a Pretoria hospital remained critical for a second straight day Monday, said South Africa's president who described the stricken anti-apartheid hero as being "asleep" when he visited Mandela the previous evening
• President Jacob Zuma told at least 60 foreign and South African journalists that doctors are doing everything possible to ensure the 94-year-old's wellbeing and comfort on his 17th day in the hospital. The president repeated some of the content of a presidential statement issued on Sunday and refused to give any details about Mandela's condition, saying: "I'm not a doctor."
• "Madiba is critical in the hospital, and this is the father of democracy. This is the man who fought and sacrificed his life to stay in prison, the longest-serving prisoner

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