• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. WHY CONNECTICUT COULD BE THE TIPPING POINT IN GUN DEBATE
• A Republican senator calls for a gun violence study and some Democrats push tighter restrictions.
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• 2. CLOSING IN ON 'FISCAL CLIFF' DEAL
• Obama softened his demand for higher upper-income taxes; Boehner said he would accept higher taxes on investment income.
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• 3. BACK TO SOME ROUTINES AFTER DEADLY RAMPAGE
• Most students are going back to school in Newtown, Conn.
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• 4. WHERE NEWTOWN KIDS RAN WHEN THEY ESCAPED
• Six children ran to neighbor Gene Rosen's driveway after their teacher was shot. He took them in and called their parents.
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• 5. NBC CORRESPONDENT RELEASED UNHARMED AFTER KIDNAPPING IN SYRIA
• The network says Richard Engel and his production team were held for five days by an "unknown group."
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• 6. 50-YEAR SENATE VETERAN FROM HAWAII DIES
• Democratic Sen. Daniel Inouye, the WWII hero who played key roles in the Watergate and Iran-Contra investigations, was 88.
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• 7. HOW NORTH KOREA'S SATELLITE IS DOING
• Astronomers say it is tumbling in space, but could remain in orbit for several years.
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• 8. IRAQI PRESIDENT SUFFERS A STROKE
• Doctors at a Baghdad hospital are trying to stabilize Jalal Talaban's condition.
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• 9. WHAT EASY-BAKE'S GENDER-NEUTRAL OVEN WILL LOOK LIKE

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