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• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:
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• 1. OFFICIALS INSIST OLYMPIC GAMES WILL BE SAFE
• They say that while Sochi is a high-profile terror target, it will also be one of the best-protected venues in the world come February.
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• 2. HOW AMERICANS ARE FEELING ABOUT THE YEAR AHEAD
• About half of Americans expect 2014 to be better than 2013, but few people feel the U.S. has found the right path, according to an AP-Gfk poll.
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• 3. FAMILY VOWS TO SUE TO KEEP DAUGHTER ON LIFE SUPPORT
• A 13-year-old girl who was declared brain dead after a tonsillectomy in California will remain on a breathing machine as legal battles continue.
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• 4. WHY MICHAEL SCHUMACHER'S SKI ACCIDENT SEEMED SO FREAKISH
• The auto racing legend "gave the image of someone indestructible, powerful," fellow F1 star Alain Prost says. "It's a banal accident compared to what he's done in the past."
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• 5. IN ISRAEL, ANGER OVER FREEING OF PALESTINIANS
• The release of more than two dozen inmates is part of a U.S.-brokered package to restart Mideast peace talks.
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• 6. WHO'S REPLACING NYC MAYOR AT THE TIMES SQUARE BALL DROP
• U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a city native, will lead the final 60-second countdown to 2014, while Michael Bloomberg spends time with family and friends.
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• 7. RESIDENTS NEAR FIERY NORTH DAKOTA DERAILMENT URGED TO EVACUATE
• Authorities say a shift in weather could blow potentially hazardous smoke into

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