2. The Syrian government is denying responsibility for an attack on a string of villages in central Syria that left more than 90 people dead. The foreign ministry blames the killings on what it says were hundreds of heavily armed gunmen who also attacked soldiers in the area. The UN Security Council is convening an emergency meeting on the situation. 

 

 

 

3. America's newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate. Government officials say that 45% of the 1.6 million vets from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now seeking compensation for injuries they say are service-related. 

 

 

 

4. Pope Benedict's personal butler is under arrest and in detention in the Vatican. Paolo Gabriele is accused of leaking documents to journalists.