Friday, June 27, 2014 • Vol. 16--No. 343 • 22 of 30

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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press

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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. 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.
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• 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.
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• 3. NYC JAILS NEGLECT SUICIDE PRECAUTIONS
• Investigative documents show safeguards designed to prevent inmates from harming themselves weren't followed.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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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