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tiate his release.

• 6. WHERE AUTHORITIES SAY THE LATEST "KNOCKOUT GAME"-STYLE ATTACK HAS HAPPENED
• A white Houston-area man is charged with sucker-punching an elderly black man in Katy, Texas and filming it on video.

• 7. MORE SNOW, ICE SLOW RESTORATION OF POWER
• After a weekend ice storm turned out the lights from Michigan to Maine and into Canada, many still wonder when they will get their electricity back.

• 8. WHAT YOU CAN FIND AT THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT LOST-AND-FOUND
• The lost-and-found office's supervisor says people often lose false teeth, along with the more common wallets and smartphones, on buses and trains. NYC LOST AND FOUND

• 9. WHICH INDIAN BRIDAL NECESSITY IS GETTING HIT BY IMPORT TAXES
• Brides in India customarily wear as much gold jewelry as their family can afford, but new taxes mean they're getting less for their money.

• 10. SPEEDSKATER OVERCOMES EXCRUCIATING CONDITION TO MAKE OLYMPIC TEAM BID
• Rebekah Bradford's pulmonary embolism could have been fatal, but she's now competing at the U.S. team trials in Utah. BRADFORD'S ORDEAL


AP News in Brief
Most official business of 2013 behind him, Obama sets sights on unfinished tasks for new year

• HONOLULU (AP) -- The last vestiges of 2013's political wrangling officially behind him, President Barack Obama is setting his sights on the coming year, when a number of unfinished tasks will increasingly compete for attention with the 2014 midterm elections.
• Vacationing in Hawaii, Obama on Thursday signed into law a bipartisan budget

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