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focus on what probably matters more: the Federal Reserve.
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• 7. DRIVER TICKETED WHILE WEARING GOOGLE GLASS
• The California woman plans to challenge what may be a first-of-its-kind citation, saying the Internet-connected eyewear makes navigation easier.
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• 8. WHAT MAY PROVE DAMAGING TO TORONTO MAYOR
• Police say they have a video that appears to show Mayor Rob Ford smoking a crack pipe.
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• 9. IN GEOPOLITICS, IT'S SPY VS. SPY
• Even close allies keep things from one another -- and work every angle to find out what's being held back.
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• 10. WHO'S CONDUCTING A WORLDWIDE POLL
• The Vatican wants to know how Catholic parishes around the globe handle sensitive issues like contraception, divorce and gay couples.
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AP News in Brief
Winding up days-long visit to Damascus, UN envoy to Syria renews call for peace talks
• DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- The U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria ended a days-long visit to Damascus on Friday, calling on both the government and the opposition to attend a peace conference in Geneva later this month but acknowledging the gathering cannot take place if the opposition refuses to take part.
• Lakhdar Brahimi, who had traveled to Damascus at the end of a Mideast tour to muster regional support for the conference, appeared uncertain about prospects for the meeting.
• "We will say it's happened only when it happens," he told reporters at a press conference in Damascus, urging both sides to cooperate.
• Brahimi's plea came just hours after officials said Israeli warplanes had attacked a shipment of Russian missiles inside a Syrian government stronghold -- a development that threatened to add another volatile layer to regional tensions from the Syrian civil war.
• An Obama administration official confirmed the Israeli airstrike late Thursday, but (Continued on page 22)
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