10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
- 1
COURT RULES ON BAIL FOR PISTORIUS
A magistrate grants bail allowing the double-amputee athlete to be freed from custody pending his trial in the shooting death of his girlfriend.
- 2
DREW PETERSON GETS 38 YEARS IN PRISON
The sentence comes in an Illinois court after the ex-cop angrily denies killing his third wife.
- 3
SOME TROOPS MAY BE SUFFERING FROM `MORAL INJURIES'
Symptoms include deep shame, guilt and rage from having done something, or failed to stop something that violates their moral code.
- 4
EGYPT'S ISLAMIST PRESIDENT CALLS FOR NEW ELECTIONS
Mursi's call for 4-stage parliamentary balloting comes against the backdrop of a divided country.
- 5
WHO'S NOT BENEFITING FROM FLU SHOTS
This year's vaccine is proving startlingly ineffective in protecting older Americans - the most vulnerable age group.
- 6
MASSIVE STORM THREATENS MORE STATES
A major snowstorm promises a messy Upper Midwest commute after shuttering Missouri airports and blanketing Kansas.
- 7
GOVERNMENT SHRINKS AMID GOP DEMAND FOR MORE CUTS
The recent downsizing is most pronounced at the state and local levels on payroll, equipment, buildings and other core functions.
- 8
DRAMATIC CAR CHASE SHOOTOUT ON THE VEGAS STRIP
Police hunt for a Range Rover that set off the fiery crash that left 3 people killed.
- 9
SCIENTISTS' PRESCRIPTION TO BATTLE A SLITHERY ENEMY
Dead mice laced with the active ingredient in Tylenol to be unleashed in Guam's jungle canopy to fight the brown tree snake.
- 10
GOODBYE WALLETS? COLLEGE TESTS FINGERPRINT PURCHASING
Users scan their fingers with a device that recognizes their prints and detects hemoglobin in the blood at two South Dakota campus shops.