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1. Supreme¹ Court Justice nominee² Sonia Sotomayor has been taking questions from those who will decide whether she'll sit on the bench. She was on Capitol Hill today, meeting with leaders from both parties. Democrats³ want a quick confirmation⁴ process but Republicans say there is no need to rush.

2. GM is said to be in an agreement to sell Hummer to a Chinese company. GM is working to sell off brands after wrapping itself in bankruptcy⁵ protection. A source says Hummer would fall to an industrial company.

3. Brazilian military jets have located two areas of floating debris⁶ that could be from the Air France flight that went missing Sunday. The debris is close to the path the plane would have been traveling. Officials say there are no signs of life.

4. It's not what you'd expect to see. And residents in one Wisconsin town stayed away as this bear enjoyed the view from a neighborhood tree. Officials decided⁷ not to shoot it down but capture it once it came down on its own.