• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. WHAT CLERGY ABUSE VICTIMS ARE HOPING FOR
• Some seek greater transparency as Pope Francis begins his papacy; others want the defrocking of U.S. cardinals who covered up for pedophile priests.
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• 2. HOW FRANCIS IS KNOWN IN HIS HOMELAND
• For Argentina's poorest citizens, who crowd the many so-called "misery villages" that surround Buenos Aires, he's proudly known as one of their own, a true "slum pope."
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• 3. ASSAD BEEFING UP SECURITY IN DAMASCUS
• On the second anniversary of Syria's uprising, some rebels have called for stepped-up attacks to mark the occasion.
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• 4. DREAM STILL ALIVE FOR BOEING JETLINER
• The "Dreamliner" maker envisions commercial flights of its grounded 787 jets resuming "within weeks," even though it has not pinpointed the cause of battery overheating.
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• 5. WHY A FAVORITE IN NYC MAYORAL RACE WON'T MARCH ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY
• City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is gay and won't take part due to the parade's ban on gay pride sashes, banners or buttons.
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• 6. MARYLAND MAY ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
• The "Free State" may be the 18th in the nation to end executions if the General Assembly gives final passage this week.
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