Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about Friday:
1.
Facing a revolt by the rank and file, House Republicans scuttle plans to vote on the so-called Plan B, a proposal to avoid the “fiscal cliff.”
2.
An AP investigation shows that a federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has driven record sales of the drug.
3.
Many plan a Friday, and buildings in Connecticut with bells have been asked to ring them 26 times.
4.
Whiteout conditions in the Midwest are closing interstate highways and canceling flights of holiday travelers.
5.
Backers of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi head toward the presidential palace while liberal and secular groups camp out at Cairo’s downtown Tahrir Square.
6.
Shinzo Abe vows a review of post-WWII security policies and proposes ideas that range from changing the name of the military to revising the constitution.
7.
Users would pay $1 to send messages to the inboxes of non-friends under a service the social network is testing.
8.
The Mayans’ appointed time comes and goes with no sign of the apocalypse.
9.
Michael Sciaraffo is playing the role of Saint Nick and heading out to storm-ravaged homes to deliver new toys to kids whose play rooms were destroyed by floodwaters.
10.
The impasse with the players union has caused more than half the season to be lost — and the rest is now in danger.
