Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today:
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The Pentagon says it will send Patriot air defense missiles and 400 troops to Turkey as part of a NATO force meant to protect Turkish territory from potential Syrian missile attack.
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The Democratic senator vaults to the head of Obama’s short list of secretary of state candidates after U.N. Ambassador from consideration.
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The White House and congressional negotiators eye a deal to extend current tax rates for most Americans, raise rates for top earners but leave other, vexing issues for the new year.
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A day after a senior Russian official was widely quoted as saying Assad was losing control, Russia’s Foreign Ministry insists Moscow’s stance on the crisis hasn’t shifted.
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About 4 out of 5 now think temperatures are rising and that global warming will be a serious problem for the United States if nothing is done about it, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds.
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The company that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed the Mexican pop superstar had two planes seized by federal drug enforcement agents this year.
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A gamble by North Korea’s young leader pays off, at least in the short term, projecting Kim Jong Un to his people as powerful, capable and determined.
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Gabrielle Ludwig, 50, became the first transsexual to play intercollegiate basketball as both a man and a woman when she suited up for the Lady Saints at Mission College in Santa Clara, Calif.
9.
A Marquette University student gets his wish and completes course work centered on the writings of “The Hobbit” author J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Quarterback Andy Dalton accounts for two touchdowns and Cincinnati’s defense forces five turnovers in a 34-13 win over Philadelphia to slide into last wild-card spot.
