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UPCOMING

Colorado-Theater-Shooting

Relatives of people killed in a Colorado mass shooting last July say the theater owner's invitation to a private function before the complex reopens is "disgusting" and "wholly offensive to the memory of our loved ones."

POL-Fiscal-Cliff (will update)

After exhaustive negotiations that strained the country's patience, the House approved a bill to avert the dreaded fiscal cliff, staving off widespread tax increases and deep spending cuts.

POL-Clinton-Hospitalized (will update)

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been speaking with her staff and is active on the phone as she recovers from a blood clot in a vein between her skull and brain, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

ENT-California-Bieber-Paparazo-Death (will update)

Paparazzi have had nasty run-ins with pop star Justin Bieber, including a high-speed chase in July that prompted a city councilman to predict that such an encounter could end tragically. It happened Tuesday. A photographer, who thought he spied Bieber sitting in his parked white Ferrari, was struck and killed by oncoming traffic as he walked across a Los Angeles freeway to get back to his car after snapping photos.

Venezuela-Chavez-Health

As rumors swirl over Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's health, supporters and opponents of the ailing president are trading barbs over who's behind them.

Syria-Civil-War (will update)

The death toll in devastated Syria has surpassed an estimated 60,000 people, the United Nations said Wednesday, a dramatic figure that could skyrocket as the civil war persists.

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INTERNATIONAL

UK-Malala-Father-Job

The father of Malala Yousafzai, the teenager whom the Taliban tried to kill, has been given a job in a Pakistan consulate in Birmingham, England, where she is recovering from gunshot wounds to her head and neck, Pakistani officials said Wednesday. Ziauddin Yousafzai has been appointed education attache and will function as head of the consulate's education section for three years, the Pakistani government said. His job could be extended two additional years. At the time of his daughter's shooting, Ziauddin Yousafzai ran a school in Pakistan's conservative Swat Valley that kept its doors open to girls -- in defiance of the Taliban.

India-Rape-Case

Top lawyers in the India district where a woman was gang-raped are saying that they will not represent the six men accused in the attack, which led to her death.