• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):
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• 1. PRIVATE SPACE SHIP HEADS HOME
• The SpaceX Dragon pulls away from the International Space Station and begins its return to Earth, ending the nine-day mission with a splashdown in the Pacific at 11:44 a.m.
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• 2. OBAMA WELCOMES GEORGE W. BUSH BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE
• At 1:25 p.m., the president unveils the official portrait of his predecessor. It could get awkward because Obama has often complained of the problems he inherited from Bush's administration.
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• 3. SCIENTISTS SAY GREENHOUSE GAS HAS REACHED A TROUBLING MILESTONE
• Monitoring stations in the Arctic measure more than 400 parts per million of carbon monoxide, the main global warming pollutant. That far surpasses the 350 mark many scientists say is the highest safe level.
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• 4. HOUSE VOTES ON SEX-SELECTION ABORTION BAN
• An afternoon vote is expected on the measure to ban abortions based on gender of the fetus, a practice common in countries such India and China.
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• 5. IRELAND VOTES TODAY ON EUROPE'S DEFICIT-FIGHTING TREATY
• Rejection would lock Ireland out of loans from the European Union's future rescue fund.
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• 6. OREGON COASTAL TOWN TESTS ITS READINESS FOR A MONSTER WAVE
• At 5 p.m., up to 10,000 residents around Coos Bay, Ore., participate in an

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