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1. The head of the Transportation Security Administration is admitting that new airport pat-downs are more invasive than what most are used to. But it doesn't sound like they're going away. He tells a Senate committee that the procedures are needed to provide the best possible security for everyone.

2. Those alcoholic¹ energy drinks may soon be a thing of the past. The FDA has sent warning letters to manufacturers, saying the caffeine that's mixed in is an unsafe food additive².

3. Nancy Pelosi is keeping her party leadership role. House Democrats³ have re-elected her in a closed-door vote. Some had wanted Pelosi to step aside, following the Democrats' poor showing in the mid-term elections.

4. The UK has caught royal wedding fever. And now, speculation⁴ is abounding⁵ over just where and when Prince William and Kate Middleton will tie the knot. Also being raised is the notion of just how much of the wedding bill the public will be asked to foot.