Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times in EDT):
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The Secretary of State pushed back against Republican criticism of the Obama administration for its handling of the attack in Libya.
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Romney needs to live up to the high expectations he set in the first debate, while Obama must be more aggressive without turning off voters in the town-hall style format, AP’s Jim Kuhnhenn writes.
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A judge says five Guantanamo Bay detainees accused in the Sept. 11 attacks can skip the rest of this week’s hearings if they choose.
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The FDA urges doctors to contact all patients who got any kind of an injection from the suspect Massachusetts pharmacy.
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Marissa Mayer hired the search engine’s advertising executive Henrique de Castro to be her chief operating officer.
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Alejandrina Gisselle Guzman Salazar, who says her father is Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, told authorities she’s pregnant and wanted to give birth in Los Angeles.
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The victim is believed to be a forestry worker who went on a grocery run and never returned.
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Vice President Joe Biden plans to attend the noon funeral for Pennsylvania’s longest-serving U.S.-senator.
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will co-host the Jan. 13 award show.
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The shoo-in Hall of Fame QB threw three touchdown passes in the second half as Denver overcame a 24-0 halftime deficit to stun San Diego 35-24.
