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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. KERRY IN BAGHDAD AS ISLAMIC MILITANT SURGE IN IRAQ RATTLES REGION
• Neighboring countries like Jordan and Lebanon spring to action, fearing al-Qaida breakaway groups may set their sights on them next.
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• 2. EGYPT SENTENCES JOURNALISTS TO 7 YEARS IN PRISON
• The three reporters who work for Al-Jazeera's English channel are convicted of terrorism-related charges in a case that drew criticism of the state of media freedom in the Arab Spring country.
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• 3. WHO NEEDS MORE ATTENTION AT BELEAGUERED VA
• The rising ranks of female veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan do not always receive adequate care at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, an AP review finds.
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• 4. AFTER DECADES OF SIPHONING JOBS FROM U.S., CHINA BRINGS SOME HERE
• Henan's Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group opens a plant that will employ more than 300 in Pine Hill, Alabama. And what's happening in Pine Hill is starting to happen across America.
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• 5. MARYLAND GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR WHITE HOUSE
• Gov. Martin O'Malley, who is weighing a presidential bid in 2016, could benefit from a win for his Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown who is running to succeed him in the heavily-Democratic state.
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• 6. HOW THE U.S. CAN ADVANCE TO WORLD CUP'S SECOND ROUND
• After a suspenseful 2-2 game with Portugal, the American team would qualify with a win or draw with Germany on Thursday. If they lose, they could still make it

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