Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today:
1. WHY THE FBI DIDN’T TELL THE WHITE HOUSE ABOUT PETRAEUS EARLIER
The bureau is preparing a timeline of its investigation to help explain that to Congress.
2. WHO ELSE IS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR HIS EMAILS
“Inappropriate communications” from the top U.S. general in Afghanistan, John Allen, to Petraeus friend Jill Kelley is the subject of a Pentagon probe.
3. ‘FISCAL CLIFF’ CONFRONTS RETURNING CONGRESS
As they get back to work Tuesday, lawmakers must attempt to avert the crippling specter of expiring tax breaks and automatic spending cuts.
4. HOW THE AFGHAN MASSACRE CASE TESTS MILITARY JUSTICE
With a spotty history of convicting troops in civilian deaths, government prosecutors give their closing argument Tuesday in a case against an Army sergeant accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians.
5. CATHOLIC BISHOPS TAKE STOCK OF THE ELECTION
Votes on gay marriage and birth control didn’t go their way. But the church is showing no sign of a shift in strategy.
6. CHINA’S CONGRESS GETS ‘SOCIALIZED’
This year’s political transition used the Internet more than in the past — and it was used by citizens to check on delegates.
7. WHERE A ROCK MAY BE WORTH $15 MILLION
Christie’s will auction off one of the rarest and most famous of diamonds, the Archduke Joseph Diamond, in Geneva Tuesday.
8. CHARITY STARTS AT HOME ... ON A COMPUTER
AP technology writer Anick Jesdanun says that nowadays online social networks make it easier to support a worthy cause.
9. THE FASHION STATEMENT THAT SHOULD HAVE STAYED A SECRET
Victoria’s Secret apologizes for putting a Native American-style headdress on a model in a fashion show.
10. FOR THE NFL, A RECURRING HEADACHE
Twenty-five percent of Sunday’s football games saw a starting QB leave with a concussion.
National News
November 13, 2012
10 Things to Know for Today
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Panel: Apple uses firms outside US to avoid taxes
Apple Inc. employs a group of affiliate companies located outside the United States to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income taxes, a Senate investigation has found.
Continued ... - Former IRS commissioner heads to Hill amid scandal
- Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado
- Death in Zimbabwe results in unusual US charge
- Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51
- 10 Things to Know for Tuesday
- VIDEO: Tumblr sold to Yahoo! for $1.1 billion
- LIVE BLOG: Massive tornado hits south of OKC
- Police: School near OKC directly hit by tornado
- What you need to know about preparing for tornadoes
- VIDEO: How technology helps predict tornadoes
- Arias trial wraps for day, continues Tuesday
- Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports
- Split-second choice ended with NY student dead
- 'Trek’ does $70.6M but falls short of studio hopes
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Panel: Apple uses firms outside US to avoid taxes
Tim Cook Defends Apple's Tax Accounting
AP Photograher: 'It Was a Miracle' They Got Out
Raw: Crews Search for Survivors of Okla. Tornado
Raw: Tearful Reunion After Okla. Tornado
OKC Hospital Describes Treating Tornado Wounded
Obama Pledges Urgent Aid for Tornado Victims
Raw: Massive Funnel Clouds in Oklahoma
