• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. SECURITY CONCERNS AS MUSLIMS CELEBRATE EID
• Millions began ushering in the end of Ramadan with prayers and feasts, while mortar rounds hit a district in Syria where Assad attended prayers.
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• 2. APPEAL TO JUDGE FOR FORT HOOD DEFENDANT
• Defense lawyers say Maj. Nidal Hasan is trying to get a death sentence while representing himself.
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• 3. SHOOTING SPREE KILLS AT LEAST 4 IN TEXAS
• Police say a man shot several people at two houses in the Dallas area and was taken into custody.
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• 4. WHO WON POWERBALL JACKPOT
• Three tickets -- two from New Jersey and one from Minnesota -- matched the winning numbers for the $448 million drawing.
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• 5. PENTAGON MAY GRANT BENEFITS TO SAME-SEX COUPLES
• The AP obtains a memo that would allow same-sex spouses of military members to receive access to health and welfare programs, but wouldn't cover unmarried partners.
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• 6. SNOWDEN FINAL STRAW IN US-RUSSIA RELATIONS
• Obama backed out of a summit with Putin after failing to reach agreement on several disputes including Syria, global security and American adoption of Russian children.
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• 7. SUSPECTED ABDUCTOR HAD CRUSH ON CALIF. TEEN

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