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ter Chandler makes a formal written request.
• Chandler has pleaded not guilty to charges ranging from aggravated assault to escape.
• Authorities allege he led officers on a chase after a trooper tried to pull him over for speeding on Sept. 30. They say he eventually was caught and arrested but managed to escape his handcuffs and steal a squad car. A state investigation concluded that Trooper Mike Bock was justified in shooting and wounding Chandler because Chandler threatened to back the squad car into him.

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 Wednesday:

• 1. WHO WON THE MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT
• Lucky ticket holders in San Jose, Calif. and Georgia will share the $636 million jackpot.

• 2. OBAMA SELECTS GAY ATHLETES FOR SOCHI DELEGATION
• The move sends a clear signal to Russia about its treatment of homosexuals.

• 3. WILL THE FED END ECONOMIC STIMULUS
• Not yet, say most analysts, as chairman Ben Bernanke wraps up his final Reserve policy meeting today.

• 4. COMPROMISE BUDGET SET TO PASS SENATE
• President Obama could sign the bill today after a rare display of bipartisanship wraps up the spending package.

• 5. WHY ASTRONAUTS COULD BE WORKING CHRISTMAS DAY
• NASA has ordered a series of urgent spacewalks to fix a broken cooling line at the International Space Station.

• 6. UN FEARS 500 KILLED IN SOUTH SUDAN
• The fighting is believed to be "largely along ethnic lines"; The United States orders citizens to leave immediately.

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