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At the Westminster dog show, the top dog was also the oldest dog ever to win. Ten-year-old Stump took best in show honors Tuesday night. The Sussex spaniel had been retired. His handler said he decided to show Stump one last time, almost on a whim.

Heading into a new year, President Obama is juggling two unpredictable wars and a scarred global economy, among other international challenges. Here's a look at what might top Obama's overseas to-do list in 2010.

Tickets sold out fast for the reopening of the State of Liberty's Crown. It had been closed since shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. To get to the top, you have to climb 354 steps, 146 of them up a narrow spiral staircase.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said it was a great honor to be sworn in as the nation's top diplomat Monday. She was sworn in privately on Jan. 21 after she was confirmed by the Senate. In her speech, she offered thanks to President Obama and Vice President Biden. And she thanked her husband former President Bill Clinton for providing, "a lifetime of all kinds of experiences."

Watchmen topped the box office in its opening weekend, but critics across the country panned the film. John Ridley, who has written both movies and comic books, thinks there's "nothing wrong" with the film and that critics might just need to get over themselves.

A top al-Qaida commander in Afghanistan has been killed, an Islamist militant Web site reported Thursday. A banner on the Ekhlaas.org site, which has proved a reliable source for al-Qaida announcements in the past, said Abu Laith al-Libi, a leading Afghanistan commander in the group, had been killed, but gave no further details.

The top grossing films of 2008 were The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Indiana Jones, Hancock, and WALL-E. But the 2009 Oscar nominees for best picture are The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader, and Slumdog Millionaire. So what do you think? Do Academy members have the best taste, or are they out of touch?

Massey Energy Co., which owns the West Virginia coal mine where 29 miners died last week, had 10 coal mines where injury rates topped the national rate last year. Four of the mines — in Tazewell County, Va.; Raleigh County, W.Va.; and Pike County, Ky. — had rates that were more than twice the national rate.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in China, the final stop of her first Asian tour as America's top diplomat. Rice visited Japan and South Korea in the last two days; the focus of many of her discussions has been North Korea and its nuclear research.

Senate hearings cast light on systemic problems within the U.S. military structure that may have contributed to the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Testimony from top U.S. officials and military commanders suggests a lack of defined leadership, poor communication within the chain of command and confusion over rules for interrogating prisoners. Hear NPR's Jackie Northam.