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• 7. SHIP SEIZED WITH ARMS IN PANAMA
• The country's president says it has seized a North Korean-flagged boat carrying what appear to be ballistic missiles and other arms from Cuba.
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• 8. JODI ARIAS BACK IN COURT
• Her lawyers want to throw out a jury's finding that made her eligible for the death penalty for shooting and stabbing her on-again, off-again boyfriend.
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• 9. WATERGATE FIGURE DIES
• Leonard Garment, an adviser who urged President Richard Nixon not to destroy tapes of his conversations, was 89.
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• 10. ON DECK AT ALL-STAR GAME: YOUNG TALENT
• Mike Trout, Manny Machado and Bryce Harper are playing in tonight's game, among a wave of skilled, youthful players changing the makeup of the Big Leagues.
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AP News in Brief
Senate braces for filibuster showdown as 2-party talks falter and anger festers over nominees
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senators prepared for a potentially rancorous day Tuesday -- even by recent standards of partisan unpleasantness -- as Democratic leaders threatened to change filibuster rules to stop Republicans from blocking White House nominees for top executive jobs.
• Several Senate votes were scheduled to test whether Republicans will allow simple-majority confirmations of a handful of long-stalled nominations. Some senators held out hopes for a breakthrough early Tuesday after one didn't come in a rare, three-hour private meeting of nearly all 100 senators Monday night.
• If neither side retreats, the two parties could be on a collision course, with potentially big ramifications for politics and policymaking for years to come.
• Standing alone, the rules change that Majority Leader Harry Reid proposes is limited. It would end the ability of 41 senators, in the 100-person chamber, to block action on White House nominations other than judges. The out-of-power party still could use filibuster threats to block legislation and judicial nominees, who seek lifetime appointments.
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