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ter Chandler makes a formal written request.
• Chandler has pleaded not guilty to charges ranging from aggravated assault to escape.
• Authorities allege he led officers on a chase after a trooper tried to pull him over for speeding on Sept. 30. They say he eventually was caught and arrested but managed to escape his handcuffs and steal a squad car. A state investigation concluded that Trooper Mike Bock was justified in shooting and wounding Chandler because Chandler threatened to back the squad car into him.
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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 Wednesday:
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• 1. WHO WON THE MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT
• Lucky ticket holders in San Jose, Calif. and Georgia will share the $636 million jackpot.
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• 2. OBAMA SELECTS GAY ATHLETES FOR SOCHI DELEGATION
• The move sends a clear signal to Russia about its treatment of homosexuals.
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• 3. WILL THE FED END ECONOMIC STIMULUS
• Not yet, say most analysts, as chairman Ben Bernanke wraps up his final Reserve policy meeting today.
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• 4. COMPROMISE BUDGET SET TO PASS SENATE
• President Obama could sign the bill today after a rare display of bipartisanship wraps up the spending package.
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• 5. WHY ASTRONAUTS COULD BE WORKING CHRISTMAS DAY
• NASA has ordered a series of urgent spacewalks to fix a broken cooling line at the International Space Station.
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• 6. UN FEARS 500 KILLED IN SOUTH SUDAN
• The fighting is believed to be "largely along ethnic lines"; The United States orders citizens to leave immediately.

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