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• 2. WHO THE GOP'S NEW POINT PERSON ON BENGHAZI IS
• Rep. Trey Gowdy, who is tapped to head a special select committee investigating the attack, is a seasoned prosecutor with dogs called Judge, Jury and Bailiff.

• 3. THAILAND'S PRIME MINISTER, MOST OF CABINET OUSTED
• Yingluck Shinawatra, who has resisted opponents' calls for her resignation, is convicted of abusing her authority by transferring a senior civil servant in 2011 to another position.

• 4. US PLEDGES TO HELP FREE KIDNAPPED SCHOOLGIRLS
• Finding the Nigerian teens is the immediate priority, Obama says -- and dealing with the Boko Haram extremists is a close second.

• 5. "IDOL," ''CELEBRITY APPRENTICE," CANDIDATE
• Clay Aiken is neck and neck with textile entrepreneur Keith Crisco in a North Carolina Democratic congressional primary that is too close to call.

• 6. HAWAII OFFICIALS RELEASE VIDEO OF STOWAWAY TEEN DROPPING FROM JET
• The footage, caught on a security camera, shows the 15-year-old jumping from the plane's wheel well onto the concrete tarmac then walking with a slight wobble.

• 7. ACROBAT READY TO GET BACK IN THE RING
• The only one of the nine performers injured in a circus mishap who can already walk on her own says she knows her work is risky, but "we love it enough to take that risk every day to make people happy."

• 8. HOW GAY ARABS ARE CELEBRATING THEIR IDENTITY
• A need for community inspired an Iraqi-American to create Tarab, a series of parties, beach gatherings and other events in NYC for LGBT Arabs.

• 9. CHINA'S ALIBABA GROUP FILES LONG-AWAITED IPO
• The company has emerged as an e-commerce powerhouse that has been making more money than Amazon.com and eBay combined.

• 10. WHERE PHARMACIES WILL BE SELLING MARIJUANA

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