• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times in EDT):
• 1. WHAT THE CANDIDATES WANT FROM TONIGHT'S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
• The key for Obama is to sit on his narrow lead without mishap, while Romney's challenge is to shake up the race and connect with voters, AP's Jim Kuhnhenn reports.
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• 2. 'GO FIGURE,' MICHELLE SAYS AS DEBATE FALLS ON THE OBAMAS' 20th ANNIVERSARY
• The president will share the stage with Romney, rather than the first lady, at 9 p.m. But at least she'll be close by in the audience.
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• 3. WHY THE U.S. IS HAVING A BABY BUST
• The weak economy has dampened enthusiasm for having children, experts say, explaining four straight years of declining birth rates.
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• 4. WHO THE REAL TARGETS BECAME IN POST-9/11 INTEL EFFORT
• A Senate report says the program to gather data on terrorists was actually used for ordinary local crime fighting -- at a cost of $1.4 billion.
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• 5. U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS MEXICAN POLICE 'AMBUSHED' EMBASSY CAR
• Two CIA officers were wounded in what may have been a targeted assassination attempt orchestrated by a drug cartel.
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• 6. MIKE TYSON KNOCKED OUT OF NEW ZEALAND
• The country's indigenous Maori people inspired the boxer's facial tattoo, but authorities still canceled his visa for a speaking tour.
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• 7. NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS MAY NOT BE WHAT THEY SEEM
• Twenty percent of weight loss and immune-boosting supplements examined in a government report made illegal claims on their labels.
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