Tuesday,  July 17, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 004 • 27 of 36 •  Other Editions

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Missing South Dakota prison inmate back in custody

• YANKTON, S.D. (AP) -- A man who walked away from a minimum-security prison in Yankton last week is back in custody.
• Corrections officials say 26-year-old Eric Harcey was apprehended Monday in Minnesota's Scott County, which is near the Twin Cities. They did not give details of the arrest.
• Harcey was serving a five-year sentence on a grand theft conviction in Lawrence County when he went missing last Thursday.

10 Things to Know for Tuesday

• The Associated Press

• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (all times EDT):
• 1. CLASHES CONTINUE IN DAMASCUS AS ANNAN MEETS WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT
• The U.N. special envoy joins Vladimir Putin at 7 a.m. to discuss how they can stop the violence in Syria.

• 2. HOW THE CAMPAIGNS ARE TURNING THEIR STRATEGIES
• Mitt Romney tries to shift attention away from his business tenure as he speaks in Pennsylvania at 1:20 p.m. and the president turns to GOP-leaning Texas for fundraising with a speech in San Antonio at 2 p.m.

• 3. BERNANKE MAY REVEAL NEXT STEPS TOWARD JOLTING ECONOMY
• The Fed chairman gives his semiannual report to the Senate Banking Committee at 10 a.m.

• 4. WHAT'S COOKING FOR THE MISSION TO MARS
• Scientists are building a menu for a planned journey to the Red Planet in the 2030s -- not so easy since the total trip is more than two years.

• 5. YAHOO TURNS TO ITS NEMESIS FOR A NEW CEO
• While at Google, Marissa Mayer played a key role in developing services that tormented the company that she will now lead.

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