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Top stories include: an 'elegant solution' may be proposed for a Chinese dissident to leave China and study abroad; New York Yankees' star pitcher Mariano Rivera suffers a torn knee ligament, possibly ending his career.

Top stories include a private rocket is launched into space, carrying supplies for the international space station; the International Atomic Energy Agency says a tentative deal was struck permitting inspectors to review Iran's nuclear program.

Top stories include the expected testimony of the Secret Service director on the recent scandal involving agents who allegedly hired prostitutes in Colombia; and Egyptians go to the polls today to choose a new president.

Also: Ill. Rep. Joe Walsh says abortions are never needed to save the life of a woman; and Syrian government jets drop cluster bombs on a rebel held town, killing many.

Also: Gen. David Petraeus will testify to Congress about the Benghazi attack; annual home foreclosure rates fall; the Colorado theater shooting suspect rams his head into a jail wall and is hospitalized.

Also: Alabama wins college football's BCS title game; scores of out-of-control fires scorch southern Australia; a lottery winner is mysteriously poisoned to death; and journalist Richard Ben Cramer dies.

Top stories include: Syria names a new prime minister after its previous officeholder defects to Jordan; China stages a murder trial for the wife of a formerly prominent politician - but it only lasts one day.

Top stories include: media reports say the psychiatrist of alleged Aurora shooter James Holmes had concerns just weeks before the movie theater shooting; three commuter planes at a Washington, D.C. area airport avoid last minute collision.

Top stories include: three U.S. soldiers are shot and killed in Afghanistan by a man wearing an Afghan army uniform; a Sikh temple in Wisconsin will hold its public funeral for several members killed last week in an apparent hate crime.

Top stories include the uncertain fate of a Chinese dissident who changed his mind and wants to leave China, and Edward Munch's painting, 'The Scream' is sold at auction for nearly $120 million dollars.