Friday,  December 07, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 142 • 32 of 41 •  Other Editions

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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press

• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today (times EST):
• 1. FACTORY LOST FIRE SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• A Bangladeshi garment factory producing clothes for Wal-Mart, Disney and other major Western companies lost the certification in June, five months before a fire killed 112 workers.

• 2. POWERFUL QUAKE STRIKES NEAR JAPAN
• A 7.3 magnitude temblor strikes off the coast of northeastern Japan in the same region that was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami last year, but only a hand

ful of injuries reported thus far.

• 3. HOW MUCH SANDY MAY HAVE AFFECTED JOB GROWTH
• At 8:30 a.m., the government's jobs report will reveal how much the superstorm crimped employment for November.

• 4. "A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY"
• Crowds will gather at Pearl Harbor to mark the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed thousands and plunged the U.S. into World War II.

• 5. FIRST PLANES, NOW AUTOS
• Automakers have quietly been tucking "black boxes" into most new cars for years. Now the government wants to make such installations a requirement.

• 6. WHY OBAMA IS FLYING HIGH IN THE POLLS
• An AP poll finds that more Americans say the nation is heading in the right direction now than at any time since the start of his first term.

• 7. EGYPT'S PRESIDENT DIGS IN HIS HEELS
• Mohammed Morsi takes an uncompromising stand in a nationally televised address, while the opposition plans another big rally in Tahrir Square.


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