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Ten things to know today

Posted: March 11, 2013 - 8:26am
In this photo taken on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, Cardinal Daniel Nicholas DiNardo, left, and Cardinal Roger Mahony talk as they meet in St. Peter's Basilica to attend a vespers celebration at the Vatican. The Vatican insists that the cardinals participating in the upcoming conclave will vote their conscience, each influenced only by silent prayers and reflection. Everybody knows, however, that power plays, vested interests and Machiavellian maneuvering are all part of the game, and that the horse-trading is already under way. Can the fractious Italians rally behind a single candidate? Can the Americans live up to their surprise billing as a power broker? And will all 115 cardinals from around the world be able to reach a meeting of minds on whether the church needs a people-friendly pope or a hard-edged manager able to tame Vatican bureaucrats? This time there are no star cardinals and no big favorites, making the election wide open and allowing the possibility of a compromise candidate should there be deadlock. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
In this photo taken on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, Cardinal Daniel Nicholas DiNardo, left, and Cardinal Roger Mahony talk as they meet in St. Peter's Basilica to attend a vespers celebration at the Vatican. The Vatican insists that the cardinals participating in the upcoming conclave will vote their conscience, each influenced only by silent prayers and reflection. Everybody knows, however, that power plays, vested interests and Machiavellian maneuvering are all part of the game, and that the horse-trading is already under way. Can the fractious Italians rally behind a single candidate? Can the Americans live up to their surprise billing as a power broker? And will all 115 cardinals from around the world be able to reach a meeting of minds on whether the church needs a people-friendly pope or a hard-edged manager able to tame Vatican bureaucrats? This time there are no star cardinals and no big favorites, making the election wide open and allowing the possibility of a compromise candidate should there be deadlock. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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

 

1. CARDINALS MEETING ON EVE OF CONCLAVE Taking all precautions, police deploy snipers and sniffer dogs around the Vatican.

 

2. IN GANG RAPE CASE, A STARTLING TURN The chief suspect hangs himself in his cell, using his own clothes, police in New Delhi say.

 

3. KOREAN TENSIONS TICK UP South Korea and the U.S. begin their annual war games — as North Korea threatens the real thing.

 

4. WHY HOME IS BECOMING A DISTANT MEMORY Two years after the Japanese tsunami, more than 300,000 people remain displaced.

 

5. THE HAZARDS OF REMOTE WARFARE The military is discovering that combat stress can be felt far from the front lines — by those, for example, who watch video feeds from surveillance drones.

 

6. CHECKLIST FOR OBAMA'S TRIP TO ISRAEL The AP's Steve Hurst says that one thing the president will try to do is convince Netanyahu that he's serious about stopping Iran from building a nuclear weapon.

 

7. IN OHIO, 'ALL I KNOW IS MY BABY IS GONE' One grieving father speaks after his son and five other teens are killed in the violent crash of a speeding SUV.

 

8. HOW JEB BUSH SMACKS AWAY TALK OF 2016 The ex-Florida governor tells NBC's David Gregory that reporters are "crack addicts" for focusing on the next presidential race.

 

9. WHAT A STUDY OF MUMMIES FOUND Even 4,000 years ago — long before fast food — people suffered from clogged arteries.

 

10. AFTER A TUNE-UP, TIGER IS HUMMING Woods wins at Doral by 2 strokes, readying for a run at the Masters.

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