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• 8. HOW RUBIO IS TESTING THE POLITICAL WATERS
• The Republican senator from Florida is returning to the presidential campaign circuit and beefing up a political organization that could lay the groundwork for a White House bid in 2016.
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• 9. LOYAL TO ZIP-UP GODZILLA, JAPAN WARY OF U.S. REMAKE
• In the country where the fire-breathing monster first stomped, fans wonder if the remake will be a tribute or an embarrassment to its legacy.
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• 10. STERLING'S ESTRANGED WIFE SAYS SHE'LL FIGHT CLIPPERS SALE
• The NBA may want to install new ownership, but Shelly Sterling "will not agree to a forced or involuntary seizure" of her 50 percent stake in the team, her lawyers say.
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AP News in Brief
House Democrats weigh role in new GOP-led investigation of Benghazi attack
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Divided House Democrats are weighing whether to participate in a new investigation of the deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, or boycott the election-year inquiry of a tragedy they accuse Republicans of politicizing.
• Party leaders will meet with rank-and-file members Friday to decide the next step after Republicans the day before rammed through a resolution creating a special select committee to examine the Sept. 11, 2012, assault. Four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, were killed when militants stormed the diplomatic outpost.
• The vote Thursday to create the special committee was 232-186. Seven Democrats, many of whom face tough re-elections in November, broke ranks and joined the GOP majority.
• The panel's investigation will be the eighth on Benghazi and means high-profile hearings in the months leading up to the elections, with Republicans grilling current and former Obama administration officials. Certain to be called to testify is former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democrats' potential 2016 presidential candidate.
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