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10 Things to Know for Today The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: • 1. TURKEY PRIME MINISTER TO FACE PROTESTERS • Recep Tayyip Erdogan's meeting with activists today comes after hours of clashes in Istanbul between protesters and police who fired tear gas into the crowds. • • 2. NSA HEAD TO FACE CONGRESS • Gen. Keith Alexander will field senators' questions about the surveillance by U.S. spy agencies after many called for an end to them. • • 3. SYRIA DENOUNCES 'MASSACRE' OF CIVILIANS • Activists said rebels attacked a village that killed dozens of Shiites; a government official said many were older people and children. • • 4. OPENING THE DOOR FOR IMMIGRANTS • In Spanish and English, the Senate pushes contentious immigration legislation over early procedural hurdles as Obama urges "The moment is now." • • 5. THE STORM THAT COULD HIT 1 IN FIVE AMERICANS • The derecho, a weather event that could span hundreds of miles from Iowa to Maryland, is likely to generate tornadoes, power outages and oppressive heat. • • 6. CLEVELAND KIDNAP SUSPECT HEADS TO COURT • Ariel Castro was to be arraigned today on hundreds of charges related to the kidnapping and rape of three women found in his home. • • 7. STUNNING WORDS FROM THE VATICAN • Pope Francis says a "gay lobby" is at work at the Vatican and acknowledges he isn't particularly adept at administration, notes from a private audience reveal. • • 8. LEAKER'S GIRLFRIEND 'STILL SHOCKED' • Lindsay Mills' father says he doesn't know where his daughter is now; she wrote, (Continued on page 28)
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