Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today:
1. THE SECOND WOMAN IN THE PETRAEUS CASE
A U.S. official says Jill Kelley, a longtime friend of the former CIA director and his wife, was getting harassing emails from Paula Broadwell, leading to the FBI investigation.
2. AFGHAN CHILDREN DESCRIBE MASSACRE
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales maintains a calm composure as they testified about the bloodbath that left their parents and other loved ones dead.
3. ANOTHER AFTERMATH OF SANDY: DISASTER VOYEURS
While residents and volunteers on Staten Island try to clean up after the storm, they also must deal with gawking tourists sneaking a look at the damage.
4. SYRIAN JET BOMBS AREA 30 FEET FROM TURKISH BORDER
Ambulances are bringing the injured over the border into Turkey where at least six have been declared dead and dozens more are injured..
5. HOW FAMILIES COPE AFTER A DEADLY BLAST
Residents of an Indianapolis neighborhood can’t return to their homes after a blast killed two people and damaged up to 31 homes.
6. GREEK CRISIS SPARKS A RAGE AGAINST FOREIGNERS
As Greece sinks further into economic misery, police are seeing a rising wave of extreme-right violence against dark-skinned migrants.
7. WHAT THE BBC IS DOING TO DEAL WITH ITS SCANDAL
The head of the broadcaster’s governing body is calling for a “thorough, radical structural overhaul” after the bungling of reports that powerful Britons sexually abused children.
8. U.S. COLLEGES GET A MORE INTERNATIONAL LOOK
The full out-of-state tuition foreign students pay may be a factor in their increased numbers at universities.
9. FINDING HUMOR IN THE STORM TRAGEDY
New York’s comedy clubs deal with a bad situation like they always do — by turning Sandy into a running punchline.
10. WHO THE LAKERS HIRED AS THEIR NEW COACH
Mike D’Antoni got the job over former Lakers coach Phil Jackson.
National News
November 12, 2012
10 Things to Know for Today
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GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law
Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama’s health care law.
Continued ... - SPIN METER: GOP raps Dems for IRS union cash
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- California fuels $550 million Powerball jackpot
- Arrests in New Orleans parade shootings cheered
- Idaho man charged in Uzbekistan terrorism plot
- Obama focusing on job creation in Baltimore visit
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- 10 Things to Know for Friday
- VIDEO: Texas tornadoes damage homes, businesses
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GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law
Conn. Commuter Trains Collide; 60 Go to Hospital
Coffee Run Leads to Hatchet Hitchhiker Arrest
Fmr. IRS Head Insists No Politics in Targeting
CDC: Fecal Bacteria Common in Swimming Pools
$1 Million in Jewels Stolen at Cannes Film Fest
NM Mom Chases Down Child Abductor
Raw: Crash Sends Car Into Fla. Pool
Raw: Obama Sits Down With Elementary Kids
Raw: Bear Falls From Tampa Tree
Ousted IRS Chief: Errors Not Caused by Politics
Terror Suspect Due in Court in Idaho Friday
Raw: Driver Ejected From Truck, Over Bridge
Could Tobacco Be the Next Biofuel?
Wash. State Releases Draft Rules for Legal Pot
Dying Man's Blinks Lead to Murder Conviction
Officials: Texas Tornado Likely Had 200 Mph Wind
Brothers Arrested in NOLA Parade Shooting
Raw: School Bus Crash Injures Five Children
Quick Response Saved Baby on Phila. Train Tracks
One Million Evacuated As Cyclone Hits Bangladesh
