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• CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker, beginning his second year in the job, disagreed. "CNN is not and never will abandon our first and fundamental brand equity, which is news and breaking news," he declared.
• But the questions remain. Can CNN stay true to its putative core mission, yet still find a loyal audience? How will "original series" stunts kick-start a viewer's appetite for watching CNN the rest of the time?
• The network is struggling to find a drawing card that just may not exist for the CNN that people still recognize today. After 34 years, that's not really news.
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press
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• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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• 1. WHAT IRAQI MILITANTS ARE PLANNING NEXT
• An al-Qaida-inspired group vows to march on to Baghdad after seizing the country's two key Sunni-dominated cities.
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• 2. WHAT CANTOR'S RESIGNATION MIGHT MEAN FOR PRESIDENT
• The House majority leader's stunning primary loss seems likely to make politics even more difficult for Obama.
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• 3. POLITICAL SPLIT OUTGROWS U.S. VOTING BOOTH
• A new survey finds Americans are divided by ideology and partisanship in choosing where to live, where to get their news and with whom to associate.
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• 4. WHAT'S RATTLING WORLD CUP ORGANIZERS
• Because of problems during construction, the new arena in Sao Paulo was never tested at close to full capacity as it will be when host Brazil meets Croatia.
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• 5. SENATE BACKS LAW TO ALLOW VETS TO GET OUTSIDE TREATMENT
• Lawmakers say they are confident they can agree on a bill to improve veterans' health care and send it to Obama's desk by the end of the month.
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• 6. HOW BALTICS ARE COUNTERING PRO-MOSCOW BROADCASTS
• Latvia and Lithuania are planning to team with Estonia to set up a joint Russian- (Continued on page 24)
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