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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. UKRAINE, EU SIGN HISTORIC TRADE, ECONOMIC PACT • President Petro Poroshenko says the association agreement with Brussels may be the "most important day" for his country since it became independent from the Soviet Union. • • 2. OBAMA SEEKS MILLIONS TO TRAIN, EQUIP VETTED SYRIAN REBELS • The request in effect opens a second front in the fight against Islamic militants threatening to overwhelm Iraq. • • 3. NYC JAILS NEGLECT SUICIDE PRECAUTIONS • Investigative documents show safeguards designed to prevent inmates from harming themselves weren't followed. • • 4. U.S. WILL URGE CHINA TO RESUME CYBER SECURITY TALKS • Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel says Washington will make the request in Beijing next month. • • 5. HOW OBAMA'S USE OF POWER IS TESTED • Critics of the president's executive authority feel emboldened by a unanimous Supreme Court verdict that the president violated the Constitution in 2012. • • 6. HILLARY CLINTON IS SEEN AS A HARDWORKING CHAMPION OF WOMEN--AND A WEALTHY ELITIST • If the former Secretary of State decides to run for president again, how voters see her could play a role in whether she's able to win the White House. • • 7. CYCLING'S GREATEST RACE PAYING TRIBUTE TO WWI • The 12th year of the Tour de France was underway the day the conflict began. Several stages of the event this year will run along killing fields, trenches and fronts. •
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