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1. President Barack Obama will not accept any of the Afghan war options presented to him. A senior administration official says the president wants clarification about how and when troops would turn over security to the Afghan government. Obama is expected to make a final decision when he returns to Washington next week following a trip to Asia.

2. Democratic officials say Senate Majority Leader Harry¹ Reid is considering higher payroll² taxes on the wealthy as a way to pay for health care reform. The proposal Reid is considering would raise the Medicare portion of the payroll tax on incomes more than a quarter of a million dollars.

3. A jury in Arkansas must now decide if Curtis Vance should get the death penalty for the beating death of an Arkansas TV anchor. Juries convicted Vance yesterday for the murder and rape³ of Anne Pressly. Besides the death penalty, juries could choose life in prison without parole.

4. Mike Tyson has been released from a Los Angeles police station after being booked on suspicion of battery for allegedly hitting a photographer at Los Angeles International Airport. The paparazzo said the former heavyweight champ struck him, knocking him down. Tyson's spokeswoman says the former champ acted in self-defence to protect his child.