• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. WHY OBAMA MIGHT RISK GOING OVER THE 'FISCAL CLIFF'
• The AP's Julie Pace says the president may go for a hard-line strategy to win Republican concessions on taxes.
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• 2. WHAT THE MILITARY COULD LOSE
• The Republicans' proposal to cut $300 billion in discretionary spending could hit defense departments the hardest.
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• 3. WHY MONGOLIA NEEDS CHINA
• The AP's Charles Hutzler reports that trade in coal, cashmere and other goods with China makes up ¾ of the nation's economy.
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• 4. BACK TO WORK AT THE DOCKS
• Negotiators vote to end an eight-day strike at the nation's largest port complex in Los Angeles.
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• 5. PROLONGED PROTESTS IN EGYPT
• Opponents of Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi call for an extended sit-in outside the presidential palace.
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• 6. HOME IS WHEREVER YOU PARK YOUR CANOE
• A homeless man travels by day in his 14-foot vessel and pitches a tent at night to sleep off of Boston Harbor.
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• 7. NOW SAY THAT IN GERMAN
• Young Europeans have the skills to work in other countries, but don't speak the languages to transfer them.
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• 8. SOFTWARE FOUNDER RESURFACES IN GUATEMALA
• John McAfee tells The AP he will seek asylum rather than return to Belize and face questioning in his American neighbor's killing.

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