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• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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• 1. ARMY OF UTILITY WORKERS LABORING IN THE SOUTH
• A half-million homes and businesses lost power to the storm now sweeping up I-95 corridor to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
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• 2. COMCAST TO BUY TIME WARNER CABLE FOR $45 BILLION
• AP sources confirm deal that would combine two largest U.S. cable companies. Announcement expected this morning.
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• 3. AFGHANISTAN FREES DETAINEES U.S. CALLS 'DANGEROUS'
• The release of 65 accused militants from a former U.S. prison further strains relations between Washington and Karzai.
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• 4. AMERICAN STARS WIPING OUT IN SUNNY SOCHI
• From Bode Miller and Julia Mancuso to Shaun White and Shani Davis, athletes expected to win gold have stumbled.
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• 5. TEA PARTY TEEING OFF ON SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER
• After Mitch McConnell helped advance the bill to raise the debt ceiling, conservative groups signal they'll make his vote an issue in November.
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• 6. ABOUT ONE MILLION SIGN UP FOR 'OBAMACARE' IN JANUARY
• It's the first time since the health insurance markets opened last fall that a national monthly enrollment target has been met.
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• 7. HOW U.S. WILL GET RID OF SYRIA'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS
• An AP Q&A tells you about the ship, crew and process that will be used to destroy mustard gas and raw materials for sarin nerve gas.

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