Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (all times EDT):
1. WHAT MITT ROMNEY WILL SAY TO BLACK VOTERS
The likely GOP presidential nominee will address the NAACP in speech his advisers say will focus on the economy.
2. THE NEW WRINKLE HOUSE REPUBLICANS WILL USE AGAINST HEALTH CARE LAW
GOP to push for a symbolic repeal vote with a new argument: It will spare 20 million Americans from a tax.
3. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING ON CAPITOL HILL
For the next few weeks, lawmakers will look busy, but they’re not expected to pass much legislation.
4. CLINTON MAKES HISTORIC LAOS VISIT
Hillary Rodham Clinton becomes the first secretary of state to visit the nation in more than five decades.
5. OHIO FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILS, CAUSING FIERY BLAST
Columbus authorities evacuate a mile-wide area of the city after about 11 cars derailed and some exploded into flames.
6. TV’s MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT RELEASED
Study shows that Sept. 11 was by far the most impactful television moment during the past 50 years.
7. HEIR’S WIFE FOUND DEAD IN LONDON
Autopsy fails to uncover cause of death for American-born Eva Rausing, one of Britain’s richest women.
8. HIGH-POWERED LESBIANS TO LAUNCH SUPER PAC
L-PAC’s goal will be to give lesbians an influential voice in mainstream politics.
9. NEWLY IDENTIFIED BOSNIAN VICTIMS TO BE BURIED
The remains of Muslim men and boys slaughtered at Srebrenica in 1995 to be laid to rest.
10. GIANT BLOWOUT: NL ROUTS AL 8-0
San Francisco’s Pablo Sandoval and Melky Cabrera key a five-run first inning as the NL wins its third straight All-Star game.
Daily Updates
July 11, 2012
10 Things to Know for Wednesday
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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
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- 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
Tornadoes, Storms Strike Midwest
'Babyland': Camp Lejeune's Toxic Legacy?
Raw: Heavy Tornado Damage in Shawnee, Okla
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
