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• 4. LARGE MAJORITY FAVOR EGYPT'S NEW CONSTITUTION
• Unofficial results show that more than 90 percent of voters said "yes" on the draft charter, an election official reports.

• 5. OHIO PREPARES FOR EXECUTION WITH UNTRIED DRUG COCKTAIL
• Intravenous doses of two drugs -- a sedative and a painkiller -- are to be used to put the inmate to death because supplies of the previous drug have dried up.

• 6. WHERE THE AIR HAS TURNED GRAY
• Beijing sees the winter's first wave of extremely dangerous pollution, with visibility reduced in the Chinese capital to several hundred yards.

• 7. HEAVY DRINKING SPEEDS MENTAL DECLINE, STUDY SAYS
• For middle-aged men, a history of heavy drinking can hasten mental decline with aging, new research shows.

• 8. V FORMATION IS A PRECISION DRILL
• While flying in the characteristic formation, birds choreograph the flapping of their wings to save energy, a study suggests.

• 9. WHO'S ENTERED REHAB FOR ALCOHOL ABUSE
• Country singer Trace Adkins seeks medical help after canceling the several performances on a weeklong cruise.

• 10. TOSS ANOTHER TENNIS BALL ON THE BARBIE
• The temperature at the Australian Open reaches 108 degrees, forcing the suspension of some matches.

AP News in Brief
Vatican acknowledges 'no excuse' for child abuse, says open to suggestions for improvement

• GENEVA (AP) -- The Vatican has acknowledged there can be "no excuse" for child abuse, confronted for the first time at length and in public over the global priest sex abuse scandal.

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