Thursday, October 11, 2012

10 Things to Know for Today

A building serving as an adult shelter of 95th Street is viewed from behind the fenced playground P.S. 75 on Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 in New York. Neighborhood residents are in turmoil, saying they were blindsided by the suddenness of the shelter's opening, sharing the same block as the school. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

A building serving as an adult shelter of 95th Street is viewed from behind the fenced playground P.S. 75 on Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 in New York. Neighborhood residents are in turmoil, saying they were blindsided by the suddenness of the shelter's opening, sharing the same block as the school. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

FILE - in this Oct. 22, 2006 file photo, the Toyota sign hangs over a 2007 Yaris sedan on sale on the lot of a Toyota dealership in the southeast Denver suburb of Centennial, Colo. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 7.43 million vehicles in the U.S., Japan, Europe and elsewhere around the world for a faulty power-window switch ? the latest, massive quality woes for Japan's top automaker. The recall, announced Wednesday, affects more than a dozen models produced from 2005 through 2010. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Feminist punk group Pussy Riot members, from left, Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass cage in a court room in Moscow, Wednesday. Oct. 10, 2012. Three members of the punk band Pussy Riot are set to make their case before a Russian appeals court that they should not be imprisoned for their irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin. Their impromptu performance inside Moscow's main cathedral in February came shortly before Putin was elected to a third term. The three women were convicted in August of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

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

1. EMBASSY OFFICIAL WARNED STATE DEPT. BEFORE LIBYA ATTACK

He is expected to tell a House panel at noon that he pleaded for more security before the ambassador and two others were killed.

2. HOW MEXICO LOST THE REMAINS OF A NOTORIOUS DRUG LORD

Gunmen in a hijacked hearse snatched the body of Heriberto Lazcano from a funeral home after the Zetas strongman was killed.

3. WHAT A MAN ARRESTED AT LAX WAS WEARING

Yongda Huang Harris was dressed in a bulletproof vest and fire-resistant pants when he was taken into custody on suspicion of transporting hazardous materials.

4. ROMNEY'S NEW CAMPAIGN SLOGAN

The line ? "Clear eyes and full hearts ? and America can't lose" ? is a twist on the inspirational phrase from TV's "Friday Night Lights."

5. ANTI-MUSLIM FILMMAKER TO FACE QUESTIONS IN COURT

Mark Basseley Youssef must convince a judge at a 4 p.m. hearing that he did not violate his probation on a bank fraud violation.

6. WHO MOVED INTO NYC'S RICHEST NEIGHBORHOOD

A homeless shelter has opened on the Upper West Side, home to the wealthiest 1 percent of New Yorkers.

7. SUPREME COURT TAKES UP AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

A white Texan's lawsuit has justices reconsidering at 11 a.m. how much race should be a factor in college admissions.

8. WHY TOYOTA IS RECALLING 7.43 MILLION VEHICLES

More than a dozen models have a faulty power-window switch; an uneven application of grease can cause friction and sometimes smoke.

9. JUDGE FREES ONE PUSSY RIOT MEMBER

Yekaterina Samutsevich's sentence was suspended because she was thrown out of Moscow's main cathedral before she could take part in the "punk prayer."

10. WHERE ALEX KARRAS IS SPENDING HIS FINAL DAYS

The 77-year-old former defensive tackle and actor returned home to be with his wife and children after suffering kidney failure.

Associated Press

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