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• The insurgents claimed responsibility for the brazen five-hour siege of Karachi's international terminal that left 18 people dead.
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• 2. FIVE DEAD IN LAS VEGAS SHOOTINGS
• Police say a man and a woman killed three people, including two law enforcement officers, then committed suicide at a Walmart.
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• 3. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON LAUNCHES BOOK TOUR
• The former Secretary of State will kick off a campaign to promote her memoir, "Hard Choices," that might unveil overtones of a potential presidential bid in 2016.
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• 4. WHERE THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN IS HEATING UP
• A race to replace Shimon Peres as Israel's head of state is nearing an end, with five contenders facing off in parliament to become the country's next president.
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• 5. HOW WAR CHANGED FAMED DAMASCUS STORYTELLER'S LIFE
• One of the few remaining traditional reciter-performers of old Arab legends, Rashid Hallak is now a 70-year-old broken man, whose life was upended by Syria's conflict.
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• 6. WHO WANTS TO WOO BLACK VOTERS
• The GOP is trying to recruit the African-American constituency in the South and other key states, a new priority for a mostly white party looking uncertainly at a country becoming a lot more diverse.
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• 7. THE TONYS LIVE UP TO EXPECTATIONS
• It is always one of the most entertaining award shows of the year, and this time, again, it didn't disappoint with a singing Hugh Jackman and a gender-bending Neil Patrick Harris.
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• 8. NEVADA NATIVE WINS MISS USA TITLE
• The 24-year-old Nia Sanchez, a fourth-degree black belt in the Korean martial art of taekwondo, will go on to represent the U.S. at the Miss Universe competition later this year.
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• 9. THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR PLAYIN'
• Nike, adidas, Puma and other shoemakers are all offering new and innovative

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