Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:
1. BANK DEPOSITS THREATENED
A plan to seize up to 10 percent of savings accounts in Cyprus to help pay for a financial bailout sends shock waves across Europe.
2. WHO’LL HEAD THE SYRIAN OPPOSITION’S INTERIM GOV’T
Ghassan Hitto, who has lived in the U.S. for decades, is elected prime minister by the rebel coalition.
3. POLICE AVERT POSSIBLE BLOODBATH
A student at the University of Central Florida with guns and a backpack filled with explosives is thwarted before he can harm anyone but himself. He puts a bullet in his head as the cops close in.
4. STILL NOT EXACTLY ONE BIG, HAPPY FAMILY
What was supposed to be a roadmap to a new, more inclusive Republican Party fails to please various factions.
5. WHAT THE POPE’S COAT OF ARMS WILL LOOK LIKE
It’ll be the same one he used as archbishop, with the addition of papal symbols. Francis will receive the coat of arms at his installation Tuesday.
6. FROM ISRAEL, MIXED MESSAGES ON MIDEAST PEACE
Ahead of Obama’s visit, Netanyahu says he’s ready for a “historic compromise,” but a close ally calls hopes for peace “delusional.”
7. WHY CLINTON IS BACKING GAY MARRIAGE
Putting the issue behind her now can only help later, if she decides to run for president in 2016.
8. LOHAN ACCEPTS PLEA DEAL IN CAR CRASH
Before the “Mean Girls” actress leaves the courtroom, the judge makes a suggestion: “Don’t drive.”
9. SPORTS’ NEWEST POWER COUPLE
Tiger Woods and skier Lindsey Vonn confirm on Facebook that they’re dating.
10. THE MATHEMATICS OF MARCH MADNESS
An NCAA tournament bracket presents more than 9.2 quintillion (a 9, followed by 18 zeroes) possible combinations.
Daily Updates
March 18, 2013
10 Things to Know for Tuesday
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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
- A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus
- Retirement tests if Beckham built lasting brand
- Weinstein showcases Grace Kelly, Mandela flicks
- 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
- May 16, 2013
- Justice Dept. faulted over terrorist identities
- Mom in NM chases down child abductor; man arrested
- Candice Glover wins ’American Idol’
- Emotional day of testimony in Arias trial
- 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
