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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. ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES CO-PILOT HIJACKS PLANE BOUND FOR ROME • Boeing 767 with 202 passengers and crew is diverted to Geneva by a man seeking asylum in Switzerland. • • 2. PENN STATE EXPECTED TO NAME NEW PRESIDENT • Board of trustees hasn't identified candidate who would end 15-month search for next head of Pennsylvania's largest university. • • 3. KERRY ACCUSES ASSAD OF STONEWALLING ON PEACE TALKS • Another round ended last week without progress. Secretary of State wants Russia to push Syria to negotiate with opposition leaders. • • 4. WHAT MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EPIDEMIC OF HEROIN DEATHS THIS YEAR • Authorities say more than 80 people have overdosed on a drug spiked with fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opiate typically given to people in chronic pain. • • 5. SCRUTINY OF PUTIN NEVER ENDS AT OLYMPIC GAMES • Eyes are on competitors for a few minutes; for Putin, it's 17 days. He responds with the slightly chilly aplomb that is his hallmark. • • 6. HOW POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS ARE MOVING BEYOND TARGETING DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS • Instead of soccer moms or union members, emerging technology called Addressable TV allows advertisers to reach specific individuals. • • 7. WHY JAMAICA HAS AMBITIOUS PLANS TO TRANSFORM HARDSCRABBLE HARBOR TOWN • The goal is a port that will lure the deep-draft ships expected to start using the Panama Canal when its expansion is completed next year.
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