Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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The group is opposing Obama’s judicial nominees seen as likely to enforce stronger gun control laws.
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Police testified James Holmes bought tear gas grenades two months before the rampage that killed 12 and chemicals to booby-trap his apartment.
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Rebels freed 48 Iranians held captive since August for more than 2,000 Syrians in what appeared to be the first prisoner swap of the civil war.
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U.S. temperatures were off the charts during 2012, a year marked by drought and a barely there winter.
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Intelligence officials tell the AP Iran was behind images and video sent to the family of ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared in 2007.
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TVs of the future will respond to voice commands, allowing viewers to chuck the remote.
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The interview with Oprah Winfrey addressing charges he used performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career will air Jan. 17.
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There are only 10 speakers on the planet of the aboriginal language from Taiwan.
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Ex-Miss Alabama Katherine Webb now has more followers than boyfriend AJ McCarron after ESPN cameras lingered on her at the championship game.
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“Lincoln” led with 10 nominations, “Les Miserables” and “Life of Pi” nabbed nine each in the British Academy Film Awards race.
