10 Things to Know for Today The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. OBAMA HEADS TO TEXAS, BUT NOT TO THE BORDER A day after asking Congress for $3.7 billion to help deal with the tens of thousands of unaccompanied children crossing into the U.S., the president will hold a meeting hundreds of miles from the Mexico line, in Dallas. 2. OFFENSIVE IN GAZA CONTINUES FOR SECOND DAY Israeli strikes against Hamas targets intensify as rocket attacks by the militant group on Israel decline. 3. WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING By its own estimate, the government made about $100 billion in payments last year to people who may not have been entitled to receive them. Medicare programs account for half the amount. 4. BRAZIL IN SHOCK OVER WORLD CUP EXIT A humiliating 1-7 defeat against Germany threw the host team out of the tournament and crushed the dreams of millions of Brazilians. 5. ISOLATED AND UNDERGROUND, WITH MANKINDS DEMISE Some missileers find it hard to adjust to life under the prairie. There are reasons for that: ICBM duty is far removed from the glamor, guts and glory associated with the Air Force. 6. PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOOD, IN MOURNING, CRITICIZES FIREFIGHTERS About 250 people take to the streets over the response to a row house fire that left four children in a tight-knit West African community dead; the departments timeline shows help arrived within minutes of the first call. 7. HAITIS MACHETE FENCING ECHOES ITS REBELLIOUS HISTORY The obscure practice, which blends martial arts with art, emerged from the Caribbean nations mix of European and African traditions. 8. GOP PICKS SWING STATE FOR 2016 Cleveland beats out a bid from Dallas to host the Republican National Convention in the next election. 9. WHOS TESTIFYING AT CLIPPERS TRIAL Donald Sterling takes the witness stand as he challenges his wifes $2 billion sale of the NBA team to Steve Ballmer. 10. MAN OF THE PEOPLE LEADS IN INDONESIAS PRESIDENTIAL RACE Joko Widodo, a one-time furniture maker and current governor of the capital Jakarta, is edging out his ex-army general opponent in the Asian nations third direct election.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 12:21:46 +0000