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• 4. ARMY CHIEF DEFENDS MORSI OUSTER
• Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi says the people wanted the Islamist leader removed as a deputy U.S. secretary of state headed to Egypt to meet with interim leaders.
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• 5. REID WANTS TO CHANGE NOMINATION RULES
• Congress is talking today about having a simple majority approve presidential nominees, rather than a 60-vote threshold that often stalls nominations.
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• 6. AUTOPSY PLANNED TODAY FOR 'GLEE' ACTOR
• 'Gleeks' mourned 31-year-old Cory Monteith, found dead in a Vancouver hotel room this weekend, at a fan convention by singing his popular songs from the hit TV series.
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• 7. EX-ISLAMIC CHIEF SENTENCED FOR BANGLADESH WAR CRIMES
• Ghulam Azam, 91, was sentenced to 90 years in jail for crimes during the country's 1971 independence war.
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• 8. AIRLINE TO SUE TV STATION AFTER SF CRASH
• Asiana says San Francisco's KTVU-TV damaged its reputation by publishing false and offensive names for four pilots on the plane that crashed.
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• 9. THAI UNIVERSITY APOLOGIZES FOR HITLER BANNER
• Chulalongkorn University says the banner that showcased Hitler along with superheroes was painted by ignorant students who didn't realize the image would offend anyone.
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• 10. A DARK DAY FOR TRACK
• Star sprinters Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay and Sherone Simpson all fail drug tests.
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AP News in Brief
Protests follow Zimmerman's acquittal as Justice Department mulls federal civil rights case
• NEW YORK (AP) -- Thousands of demonstrators from across the country -- chanting, praying and even fighting tears -- protested a jury's decision to clear George Zimmerman in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager while the (Continued on page 24)
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