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• --San Diego: Voters in the nation's 8th-largest city are trying to recover from ethics problems in the mayor's office -- again.
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• SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Border Patrol agents may continue using deadly force against rock-throwers, the chief of the agency said, despite the recommendation of a government-commissioned review to end the practice.
• The Police Executive Research Forum, a nonprofit group that advises law enforcement agencies, recommended that the Border Patrol and its parent agency, Customs and Border Protection, stop the use of deadly force against rock throwers and assailants in vehicles, Border Patrol Chief Mike Fisher said.
• Both recommendations were part of a broader internal review of CBP's use-of-force policies and practices that began last year. The measures were not included in a revised policy announced on Sept. 25 that calls for more training and better record-keeping.
• CBP considered the proposed curbs "very restrictive," Fisher told The Associated Press.
• Under current policy, agents can use deadly force if they have a reasonable belief that their lives or the lives of others are in danger.
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• KINSHASA, Congo (AP) -- A leader of the M23 rebel group in eastern Congo said Tuesday his movement is ending its rebellion after more than a year and a half as the Congolese military seized the last two hills that had been held by the fighters.
• The group will seek to resolve its grievances through "political means only," said M23 President Bertrand Bisimwa in a statement released early Tuesday.
• Bisimwa ordered M23 rebel commanders to "prepare troops for the process of disarmament, demobilization and social reintegration on terms to be agreed upon with the Congolese government."
• Peace talks between the two sides have repeatedly stalled since December and last month the Congolese military stepped up its campaign against the rebels. In a rapid offensive, the soldiers swiftly seized back control of more than a half dozen towns in just days.

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