Putin hangs out with the big cats: Snow leopards (AP)

AP - Once again, Vladimir Putin is hanging out with the big cats.

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Obama: US, Russia not destined to be adversaries (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama, working to warm U.S.

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Franken eyes role as ‘people’s proxy’ in hearings (AP)

AP - Finally joining the Senate, Democrat Al Franken envisions playing the “people’s proxy” during Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court hearings. Franken, awaiting “an awfully emotional” Tuesday when he is sworn in, is joining the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is to begin hearings next week on President Barack Obama’s first nominee to the high court

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