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10 things to know for Monday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:
1. SPREADING THE BLAME FOR BUDGET CUTS
The White House and Republicans kept up the mudslinging over who's to blame for $85 billion in budget cuts set to take effect this week.
2. OSCARS HOST GETS A VISIT FROM CAPT. KIRK
Seth MacFarlane's show opener included a celestial skit with Star Trek's William Shatner. Later, "Argo" took the Best Picture Oscar, announced from the White House by First Lady Michelle Obama.
3. CONCERNS OF NEW PALESTINIAN UPRISING
The mysterious death of a Palestinian man in Israeli custody comes at a time of rising West Bank tensions.
4. AN ESCAPE CLAUSE FOR VOTING RIGHTS LAW
Obama and civil rights groups are defending the landmark law at the Supreme Court by pointing to a clause that allows reformed governments to bail out.
5. WHO'S USING CAPTURED TANKS IN NEW OFFENSIVE
Syrian rebels are employing the armor in an attempt to capture a government complex on the outskirts of Aleppo.
6. WHAT POPE BENEDICT SAID IN HIS FINAL SUNDAY BLESSING
The pontiff said God had called him to dedicate himself "even more to prayer and meditation," which he will do in a monastery.
7. HOW A FLORIDA COMMUNITY HAS CHANGED AFTER A SHOOTING
A year after Trayvon Martin was killed, leaders in Sanford have established a community relations panel to help ease racial tensions.
8. ANOTHER PISTORIUS CHARGED IN SOUTH AFRICA
The older brother of Oscar Pistorius was charged in a 2008 fatal traffic accident.
9. 'CANNIBAL COP' ADMITS TO FANTASIES
But lawyers for Gilberto Valle hope to convince a jury that his thoughts were so over-the-top that they couldn't be taken seriously.
10. JIMMIE JOHNSON CRUISES TO 2ND DAYTONA 500 WIN
Danica Patrick also made history as the first woman to lead the race, but finished eighth.
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