Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:
1. OUTCRY OVER GUNS SHOWS SIGNS OF FADING
The White House fights to keep momentum alive for new legislation meant to curb gun violence.
2. QUICKER PULLOUT FROM AFGHANISTAN POSSIBLE
The Obama administration signals that it may withdraw all U.S. troops by the end of 2014.
3. WHY VENEZUELA IS POSTPONING ITS PRESIDENT’S SWEARING-IN
Chavez can’t attend. He’s still recovering from cancer treatment in a Cuban hospital.
4. TORTURE LAWSUIT SETTLED FOR $5.28M
It’s the first time ex-prisoners at Abu Ghraib and other detention centers have collected money from a U.S. defense contractor.
5. HOTTEST. YEAR. EVER.
U.S. temperatures were off the charts during 2012, a year marked by drought and a barely there winter.
6. HOW SUSPECT ACTED JUST HOURS AFTER COLORADO KILLINGS
A police detective testifies that James Holmes pretended the paper bags on his hands — meant to preserve gunshot residue — were puppets.
7. A CALL FOR UNPRECEDENTED INAUGURATION CASH
Planners of the Obama festivities are asking donors for up to $1 million each.
8. WHERE RICH GUATEMALANS ARE MOVING
A private city built outside the capital is luring the wealthy who are weary of traffic and crime.
9. SIRI, WHAT SHOULD I WATCH?
TVs of the future will respond to voice commands, allowing viewers to chuck the remote.
10. NOT JUST ANOTHER FACE IN THE CROWD
He’s the QB at national champ Alabama. She only sits in the stands. But Katherine Webb, an ex-Miss Alabama, seems to be gaining more fans than her boyfriend.
Daily Updates
January 8, 2013
10 Things to Know for Wednesday
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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
