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>> you have seen our top stories, but here's the best of the rest. congresswoman, gabrielle giffords is back in washington, d.c. and all eyes are on the adequateo court and jurywoman. but giffords stroz washington today was all about her husband, astronaut mark kelley. she pinned a medal on him during his navy retirement ceremony. congresswoman giffords looked and sounded great. there is a new tourist attraction in new jersey. people are flocking to see -- a pigpig. it is giving new meaning to the term pot belly. his name is john henry and he weighs 700 pounds. the cig pig's original owner had...

Has been saying throughout his stroz washington, the violence is going to get worse. that there will be more casualties on both the u.s. and afghan side. they're making plans to move into southern afghanistan, marines, u.s. army, british coalition forces leading the way along with afghan forces, but make no mistake. this is going to be very tough and one of the questions certainly many americans ask is why is this war still going on eight and a half years later? having this opportunity to see the afghan president at the graves of fallen american troops and paying his respects along with the se...

I'm here with marylandry who is leading the area response down here and my deputy admiral. >> i should have known better. of course, you'd be out there and you'd be on a drilling unit. you're never sitting in an office in washington. forgive us for that mistake, admiral. there you are on the drilling unit. tell us exactly what that drilling unit is doing. >> this is the second unit that will be put into place to drill a second well and that's a risk mitigator in case there's a problem with the first one. it's a step that bp has taken to make sure that we get some final closure on it by capping...

Been a judge on any level, and among those she's meeting today is arlen specter. now he's a democrat. also on capitol hill, attorney general eric holder, defending his decision to try terror suspects in civilian court rather than military proceedings. critics have said that civilian courts afford the suspects too many rights and may be less effective in getting them to talk. just minutes from nawaf gan president hamid karzai due to show his respect for america's war dead at arlington national cemetery. he's wrapping up a four-day visit to washington as the two nations try to repair strained ...

For the second straight day trying to convince senators she is right for the job. democrats, sold. republicans, skeptical. she has never been a judge on any level. the u.s. and afghanistan, rather, are putting on a show of warm relations this week for president hamid karzai's visit to washington. he will pay respect to afghan and iraq war veterans and speak to the u.s. institute of peace. president obama says there will be a long-term partnership with afghanistan even after u.s. troops begin pulling out next year. young but resilient, the 8-year-old dutch boy who was the only survivors in ...