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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 Tuesday: • 1. ROMNEY: I SPOKE TOO HASTILY • GOP candidate says his comment on video clip that nearly half of Americans consider themselves victims was "not elegantly stated" and was "off the cuff." • • 2. CAR PACKED WITH EXPLOSIVES RAMS MINI-BUS IN KABUL • Afghan militants say a female suicide bomber carried out the attack, which kills at least nine, as revenge for anti-Islam film. • • 3. RAY OF HOPE IN CHICAGO STRIKE • The teachers union in the nation's third-largest city is expected to vote this afternoon on whether to end the seven-day walkout. • • 4. WHAT'S AT STAKE AS AFGHAN 'SURGE' WINDS DOWN • The U.S. troop increase was supposed to force the Taliban to come to the peace table, but that hasn't happened. • • 5. FRENCH COURT BLOCKS FURTHER PUBLICATION OF KATE'S TOPLESS PHOTOS • The royal couple's lawyer argues that Prince William and his wife were sharing a
"profoundly intimate" moment when the pictures were taken. • • 6. WHERE MYANMAR'S SUU KYI WILL BEGIN HER TOUR • At 9 a.m., the Nobel laureate meets with Secretary of State Clinton to kick off her jam-packed 17-day U.S. trip. • • 7. NO JOB FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED • Courting danger, scientists are tagging great white sharks with sophisticated devices that will allow researchers and the public to track the animals. • • 8. SEEKING THE CAUSES OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY • A provocative new study suggests a connection between a plastic chemical used in food packaging and overweight kids. •
