Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):
1. KILLER OF 77 NORWEGIANS IMPRISONED
The prison term lets authorities keep Anders Behring Breivik locked up for as long as he is considered dangerous.
2. ARMSTRONG TO BE STRIPPED OF 7 TOUR DE FRANCE TITLES
The cyclist will also be forever banned from competing after he declared he would no longer fight doping charges.
3. ROMNEY MAY GET NOMINATED MONDAY
The process will begin earlier than in the past because of concerns about Ron Paul supporters and Tropical Storm Isaac.
4. HOW A GIRL SAYS SHE ESCAPED FROM ABDUCTORS
A 24-year-old man and his mother are arrested after the teenager told Illinois police she was held captive for two years and had a baby after being raped.
5. ISAAC LASHES CARIBBEAN, BUT ULTIMATE PATH UNCERTAIN
The storm is unlikely to reach hurricane strength this weekend, but it still has GOP officials scrambling before their convention in Tampa.
6. PROSECUTORS: THEATER SHOOTING SUSPECT HAD MADE THREATS
They also say suspect James Holmes was banned from his school, but a college official denies that.
7. WHAT SOUTH KOREA BAN OF SOME APPLE, SAMSUNG PRODUCTS MEANS FOR THE U.S.
The partial victory for Samsung is small compared to the $2.5 billion lawsuit being deliberated by California jurors.
8. WHY MICHELLE OBAMA VISITED WISCONSIN
The first lady spent 90 minutes consoling relatives of the Sikh worshippers gunned down in their temple.
9. SUPPORTERS RALLY BEHIND BLACK ATHLETE AWAITING SENTENCE FOR RAPE
They say Darrell Williams is the victim of misidentification by two white women and racial profiling by the predominantly white jury in Oklahoma.
10. HIPPO DIES IN RESCUE ATTEMPT
A crew in South Africa was about to use a crane to lift the animal out of a pool, but it never survived.
Daily Updates
August 24, 2012
10 Things to Know for Friday
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Ga water negotiator’s role may be seen as conflict
ATLANTA (AP) — One of Georgia’s negotiators in a tri-state water dispute also is president of a lobbying firm that has sought to commercially develop a technology billed as a partial solution to that feud, a situation that a top state official and others say could look like a conflict even though it is legal.
Continued ... - Heavy rains close Atlanta area roads
- AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional
- Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates
- Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpot
- Fate of LA pot shops left to voters
- Tornadoes hit Kan., Okla.; no injuries reported
- May 18, 2013
- Partnership looks to grow heritage tourism
- Man, 2 children injured in dog attack near Atlanta
- Obama’s Morehouse visit shines spotlight on HBCUs
- GOP US Senate candidates denounce immigration bill
- Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supply
- Up to 60 injured after car drives into Va. parade
- Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime
- IRS probe ignored most influential groups
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Ga water negotiator’s role may be seen as conflict
Probe Begins After Conn. Commuter Trains Crash
NTSB Begins Investigation Into Conn. Train Crash
Lotto Fever Sweeps the Country
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
