From the Wires

AP: Google is trying to upstage Siri, the sometimes droll assistant that answers questions and helps people manage their lives on Apple’s iPhone and iPad.

CBSnews.com: When the last pieces of its spire eventually rise to the roof, the 104-floor skyscraper that replaces the fallen twin towers will be just feet from becoming the highest in the Western Hemisphere.

BBC: The US Marshals Service said the 19-year-old had been moved from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to a facility at Fort Devens, Massachusetts.

NBC.com: A bill to impose sales tax on Internet purchases took one step closer to being passed.

BBC: The 6th European Conference on Space Debris has concluded that  Earth’s space environment is on the verge of hazardous collisions from all the debris left over from human exploration and satellite launches.

CBSnews.com: U.S. intelligence has concluded that the Syrian government has twice used chemical weapons in its civil war.

FOX: A passenger on Southwest Airlines is suing the company after he was allegedly hassled on a flight because of his weight.

PC Mag: Apple CEO Tim Cook is auctioning off 30 minutes to an hour of his time, with the top bid currently at $180,000.

WASHINGTON POST: Rebellion by a large group of GOP lawmakers forced House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) to pull a bill he had pushed that would help people with pre-existing conditions buy into high-risk health insurance pools.

Reuters: A new bird flu strain that has killed 22 people in China is “one of the most lethal” of its kind and transmits more easily to humans than another strain that has killed hundreds since 2003, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said.