1. Attorney General Eric Holder will likely face tough questioning today by the House Judiciary Committee. Topics are expected to include the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at the Associated Press and the government's handling of intelligence before the Boston Marathon bombings.

 

　　2. The US ambassador to Russia has been summoned by the foreign ministry. Moscow claims it caught a US diplomat trying to recruit a counterintelligence officer. This is the first case of an American diplomat publicly accused of spying in a decade.

 

　　3. Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot has ballooned to an estimated $360 million. That is a cash value of $229.2 million, making it the third largest Powerball jackpot ever.

 

　　4. The giant rubber duck in Hong Kong's harbor was completely deflated this morning. Organizers say the 54-foot duck was deflated for maintenance, denying speculation that it was punctured due to rain and wind.