Monday, August 5, 2013

10 Things to Know for Today








In this image take from a security camera, pedestrians scatter as a car drives through a packed afternoon crowd along the Venice Beach boardwalk in Los Angeles, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. At least a dozen people were injured, two of them critically, according to police. (AP Photo/Snapchat)





In this image take from a security camera, pedestrians scatter as a car drives through a packed afternoon crowd along the Venice Beach boardwalk in Los Angeles, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. At least a dozen people were injured, two of them critically, according to police. (AP Photo/Snapchat)





Alex Rodríguez habla en una conferencia de prensa tras un juego con la sucursal Thunder de Trenton, el sábado 3 de agosto de 2013. El domingo 4, una persona cercana a las deliberaciones dijo que el antesalista de los Yanquis de Nueva York será suspendido el lunes pero podrá seguir jugando si apela, en medio del nuevo escándalo de dopaje en las mayores (AP Foto/Rich Schultz)





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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:


1. ‘CHATTER’ ABOUT TERROR THREATS KEEPS EMBASSIES CLOSED


Diplomatic posts in 19 cities in Egypt, Libya and other Muslim countries will remain shut through Saturday.


2. MLB SUSPENSIONS COMING DOWN FOR A-ROD, OTHERS


Rodriguez is expected to be suspended for 2014, and 13 other players are facing discipline today for their ties to performance-enhancing drugs.


3. US OFFICIAL MEETS WITH JAILED ISLAMIST


Deputy Secretary of State met with the deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, where envoys are trying to mediate a standoff with the military.


4. SUSPECT JAILED IN LA HIT-AND-RUN


Surveillance video showed a car pausing to look at the Venice Beach boardwalk, then accelerating into the crowd, killing an Italian woman on her honeymoon.


5. US MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASHES IN OKINAWA


Four crew members were on board when the rescue chopper went down at a U.S. base.


6. CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN WHITEY BULGER CASE


Prosecutors will need to make the case based on testimony of gangsters-turned-informants against the 83-year-old Bulger.


7. SERVING UP A $ 330,000 BURGER


British scientists say they have grown the burger in a laboratory from stem cells of cattle.


8. CALIF. GOVERNOR AVERTS TRANSIT STRIKE


Jerry Brown invoked a law that allows the state to intervene in a second planned transit strike in San Francisco.


9. CBS AND TIME WARNER APPEAL TO VIEWERS IN BLACKOUT


The network and cable company are printing full-page ads making their case to the public after Time Warner pulled the network from cities serving 3 million customers.


10. PRINCE WILLIAM ON DIAPER DUTY


After playing a charity polo match with Prince Harry, he said he had to pick up some more “nappies” on the way home for newborn Prince George.


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