• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. FRENCH BOMBS HIT CENTRAL MALI
• Military forces widened their campaign against Islamic extremists with new airstrikes Monday.
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• 2. OBAMA'S ISRAEL PROBLEM
• The president has a testy relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who hosted Republican Mitt Romney during the presidential campaign.
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• 3. ARMSTRONG TO BREAK SILENCE ON DOPING
• The disgraced cyclist tells the AP he's "ready to speak candidly" at a no-holds-barred interview Monday with Oprah Winfrey.
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• 4. "ARGO," ''LES MISERABLES" TAKE HOME GOLDEN GLOBES
• The films were named best drama and best comedy/musical and picked up awards for Ben Affleck, Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway.
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• 5. OFF-THE-CHARTS SMOG IN CHINA
• Beijing schools kept children from going outside and people were looking for face masks and air purifiers.
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• 6. INDIA GANG RAPE SUSPECTS BACK IN COURT
• The five men charged with the rape and killing of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus are moving to a "fast-track" court created after national outrage over the attack.
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• 7. JODIE FOSTER'S "COMING-OUT" SPEECH
• The actress thanked her former partner of 20 years at the Golden Globes and suggested that actors who publicly come out should protect their privacy.
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• 8. WHAT MIGHT BECOME OF SCHOOL SHOOTING SITE
• Some Newtown, Conn., residents want the elementary school demolished; others want it renovated.

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