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Also: In video, commander of Syria's military police says he has defected; Egypt has a new constitution; gunman in Western New York left note saying that killing is "what I like doing best;" actors Jack Klugman and Charles Durning have died.

Also: A controversial Texas abortion bill fails after a filibuster and crowd chaos; President Obama flies to Africa today; Democrat Ed Markey wins the Massachusetts special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by John Kerry; and the Yankees' general manager is really angry with Alex Rodriguez.

The letter came on the day that the embattled band director announced his retirement.

Also: The CIA continues to send bags full of cash to the Afghan leader, The New York Times reports; an explosion, possibly due to a gas leak, injures dozens in Prague; Syria's prime minister survives a bombing; and the last spire is to be placed above new World Trade Center tower.

Also: Cyprus prepares to reopen its banks; North Dakota governor signs three more restrictive abortion laws; a new sinkhole opens in the Florida town where a man recently died in one; and scientists develop a limited kind of invisibility cloak (you can still see it).

Also: An Italian court orders a murder retrial for Amanda Knox; North Korea issues a bellicose statement, warning of attacks on U.S.; Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky apparently died by hanging; and the world's longest dodgeball game may have set a world record.

Also: More women accuse San Diego's major of harassment; the Lincoln Memorial is vandalized; the accused Cleveland kidnapper may get a plea deal; the latest on Anthony Weiner's explicit sexting.

Also: The White House will release an annual report on surveillance requests; San Diego's mayor leaves office today as candidates line up to replace him; Tylenol bottles will carry additional warnings on risk of overdose and liver damage; and dogs help sniff out huge snail pests in Florida.

Also: Congress returns today after its recess; the founder of Chick-fil-A restaurants dies at 93; and the co-owner of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks sells his stake after a racist email surfaces.

Also: A judge overturns Missouri's ban on same sex marriage; President Obama will posthumously award the Medal of Honor to a Civil War soldier; and AC/DC's drummer is arrested for attempted murder.