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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 today: • 1. 19 IN ELITE FIREFIGHTING UNIT KILLED BATTLING ARIZONA BLAZE • The "hot shot" firefighters were brought into the central Arizona town of Yarnell to protect residents from a fire that destroyed 200 homes. • • 2. PROTESTERS STORM HEADQUARTERS OF MORSI GROUP • They ransacked the Cairo headquarters of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood as protesters geared up for a second day of rallies aimed at forcing the president from power. • • 3. WHO'S LEVELING NEW SURVEILLANCE ACCUSATIONS • Key allies are threatening sanctions against the U.S. over a report of covert listening devices installed in European Union offices. • • 4. KERRY LEAVES MIDEAST TO MEND FENCES WITH CHINA, RUSSIA • He arrived in Brunei today for a regional security conference, where he is likely to talk to both nations' ministers about NSA leaker Eric Snowden. • • 5. SAN FRANCISCO TRANSIT WORKERS STRIKE • Two of the area's rapid transit unions are walking out today, derailing more than 400,000 riders who use the nation's fifth-largest rail system. • • 6. TWO U.S. PRESIDENTS IN AFRICA • Obama finishes his African tour in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where former president George W. Bush is attending a conference. • • 7. DEADLY FALL AT CIRQUE DU SOLEIL • A 31-year-old French performer was being hoisted up the side of the stage when she plummeted to an open pit during the "Ka" show in Las Vegas. • • 8. RECREATING PIVOTAL CIVIL WAR BATTLE • History buffs playing Union and Confederate soldiers shook hands near a stone (Continued on page 19)
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