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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep.

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney made news when he disclosed he had a Swiss bank account. Many affluent Americans do. Now, an AP writer has assembled a step-by-step guide on how you too can stash a million dollars offshore. Step four is choose a country. Switzerland isn't your only choice. Hong Kong is popular too. Step two is decide whether to tell the IRS. But the toughest part is still step one - get a million dollars.

Midwest Property Services is testing the DNA of 200 dogs. Their owners live in apartments around Sioux Falls, S.D. The Argus Leader reports the DNA will go into a database. That will make it possible to identify which owners fail to clean up after their dogs.

The opening statements in the case the State Bar of Texas has brought against a Texas attorney are set to begin today.

A man accused of torturing his former neighbor on a deer-skinning device is going to trial this week.

Some schools in West Texas have delayed opening due to winter weather.

Investigators say that three men have died in Houston after gunfire broke out in a Houston-area apartment.

Collectors of military memorabilia and firearms enthusiasts will be able to find what they are looking for in Greenville later this month.

The annual update concerning incidents of racial profiling within Hunt County are scheduled to go to the Hunt County Commissioners Court on Tuesday.

The Obama administration has revised a provision of the president's health care law concerning birth control coverage. Now, religious-affiliated organizations may decline to provide the coverage, but allow the employees to get free contraceptives through their health insurer. NPR's Allison Keyes went to a Catholic church to ask parishioners what they think of the debate over birth control in health care coverage.

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