Thursday,  April 17, 2014 • Vol. 16--No. 273 • 23 of 32

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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. CLASHES AT UKRAINIAN BASE KILL THREE PRO-MOSCOW MILITANTS
• As international talks get underway in Geneva, tensions in eastern Ukraine flare.

• 2. FEARS RISE OVER DEATH TOLL IN KOREAN SHIP SINKING
• An anxious search, facing bad weather and sea conditions, has so far failed to locate nearly 300 passengers still missing in the accident that killed nine.

• 3. WHAT CHANGED AFTER BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING
• Very little. Despite symbolic pledges of support from elected officials across the nation on this week's anniversary, there is little evidence of any significant impact on anti-terror policy.

• 4. WHO SHOULD REALLY GET BEHIND OBAMACARE
• Political consultants urge Democrats to embrace the Affordable Care Act, especially after at least 7.5 million people enrolled despite its disastrous rollout.

• 5. RELATIVE CALM BRINGS ISRAELI TOURISTS BACK TO PALESTINIAN TOWNS
• Tour groups cross the political divide to visit such landmark Palestinian sites as a mausoleum dedicated to Yasser Arafat.

• 6. HOW COLORADO'S OIL PRODUCTION IS REACHING 50-YEAR HIGHS
• A photo essay by AP Photographer Brennan Linsley looks inside a walled-off fracking facility for answers.

• 7. PISTORIUS PROSECUTOR CROSS-EXAMINES FORENSICS EXPERT
• The court is hearing the last testimonies before the trial of the double-amputee Olympian is adjourned for two weeks.

• 8. ONE MAN'S PRISON IS ANOTHER MAN'S RETIREMENT SANCTUARY

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