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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. GOP DECLARES VICTORY IN BIRTH CONTROL RULING
• But crowing too loudly could cause trouble for Republicans, who for years have tried to make inroads with two groups most likely to be displeased with the ruling: women and younger voters.
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• 2. ISRAEL VOWS REVENGE FOR KILLED TEENAGERS
• The bodies of the three abducted youths were discovered under a pile of rocks in a field north of the Palestinian city of Hebron.
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• 3. CHILDHOOD VACCINES DEEMED GENERALLY SAFE, AGAIN
• Experts say the risks of rare side effects need to be balanced against the benefits -- the prevention of millions of illnesses and thousands of deaths annually. But that message seems lost on some parents.
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• 4. OBAMA'S PLAN TO GO SOLO ON IMMIGRATION PLEASES FEW
• The president has only so many options to tackle a conundrum complicated by a midterm election that could cost him Democratic control of the Senate.
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• 5. GM SAFETY CRISIS GROWS AS RECALLS MOUNT
• General Motors adds 8.2 million vehicles to its list of cars recalled over faulty ignition switches, bringing the company's total recalls in North America to 29 million this year.
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• 6. WHERE WASHINGTON IS SENDING MORE TROOPS
• Officials say 300 additional soldiers are being sent to Iraq to beef up security at the American Embassy and elsewhere in the Baghdad area to protect U.S. citizens and property.
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• 7. "I'M RUNNING FOR OFFICE. PLEASE SEND MONEY."

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