Friday, December 07, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 142 • 32 of 41 • Other Editions
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today (times EST): • 1. FACTORY LOST FIRE SAFETY CERTIFICATION • A Bangladeshi garment factory producing clothes for Wal-Mart, Disney and other major Western companies lost the certification in June, five months before a fire killed 112 workers. • • 2. POWERFUL QUAKE STRIKES NEAR JAPAN • A 7.3 magnitude temblor strikes off the coast of northeastern Japan in the same region that was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami last year, but only a hand
ful of injuries reported thus far. • • 3. HOW MUCH SANDY MAY HAVE AFFECTED JOB GROWTH • At 8:30 a.m., the government's jobs report will reveal how much the superstorm crimped employment for November. • • 4. "A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY" • Crowds will gather at Pearl Harbor to mark the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed thousands and plunged the U.S. into World War II. • • 5. FIRST PLANES, NOW AUTOS • Automakers have quietly been tucking "black boxes" into most new cars for years. Now the government wants to make such installations a requirement. • • 6. WHY OBAMA IS FLYING HIGH IN THE POLLS • An AP poll finds that more Americans say the nation is heading in the right direction now than at any time since the start of his first term. • • 7. EGYPT'S PRESIDENT DIGS IN HIS HEELS • Mohammed Morsi takes an uncompromising stand in a nationally televised address, while the opposition plans another big rally in Tahrir Square. •