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• Kerry: US, allies ready to aid Syria rebels
  

  Unless President Assad engages in peace talks, the U.S. will help rebels "fight for the freedom of their country."

  
  
  
  
• Attorney accuses Donald Trump of lying on witness stand
  

  CHICAGO (AP) — The attorney for an 87-year-old woman who accuses Donald Trump of cheating her in a skyscraper condo deal told Chicago jurors on Wednesday that he was personally repulsed by the "Apprentice" star whom he said lied on the witness stand.

  
  
  
  
• Russian punk band member goes on hunger strike
  

  By Catherine Koppel Berezniki, Russia (Reuters) - A member of the Pussy Riot band who was jailed over a protest against President Vladimir Putin in a Russian cathedral said on Wednesday she was starting a hunger strike after she was barred from a parole hearing. Maria Alyokhina also told her lawyers to quit the proceedings. ...

  
  
  
  
• Police recover backpacks of two kidnapped girls
  

  Investigators continue to search for a 15-year-old Iowa girl abducted this week.

  
  
  
  
• Boy Scout leaders convene in Texas to vote on gay ban
  

  GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban on openly gay boys in the scouting movement.

  
  
  
  
• Syrian opposition urges rebels to join key battle
  

  BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's main opposition alliance on Wednesday urged fighters from around the country to reinforce a rebel-held town under attack by President Bashar Assad's troops and their allies from the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group.

  
  
  
  
• House subcommittee moves to curb military sexual assaults
  

  The panel considers a change that may encourage more victims to step forward.

  
  
  
  
• IRS's Lerner: ‘I have not done anything wrong’
  

  IRS official Lois Lerner pleads the Fifth Amendment before Congress.

  
  
  
  
• Artist Ai Weiwei uses music to mock state power in China
  

  The artist released an obscenity-filled, metaphor-rich music video.

  
  
  
  
• FBI agent kills man after questioning him in Boston bombing
  

  The man was identified as Ibragim Todashev.