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10 Things to Know for Thursday

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that people will be talking about today.

  1. PROTESTERS STORM AMERICAN EMBASSY IN YEMEN--Violence follows attacks targeting U.S. diplomatic compounds in Libya, Egypt.

  2. OBAMA, ROMNEY TRADE TOUGH WORDS--Fallout from deadly attack in Libya injects foreign policy into presidential race.

  3. WHAT THE FED MAY ANNOUNCE THURSDAY--Many investors think the big step of a third round of bond purchases could be in store to perk up the U.S. economy.

  4. THE FALLOUT FROM A U.S. STRIKE AGAINST IRAN--An attack would carry the risk of all-out war in the Middle East, a cost/benefit assessment says.

  5. SO LONG, SUPERSIZE--Health experts hope the expected end Thursday of big sugary drinks in NYC begins conversations that change attitudes about overeating.

  6. POPE HEADING TO LEBANON--Pontiff's trip given urgency by civil war in Syria, slaying of U.S. ambassador in Libya.

  7. LOVE AT FIRST TOUCH--The AP's Michael Liedtke tests Apple's new iPhone 5 — and comes away delighted.

  8. WHY YOU SHOULD BE WARY OF THIS TYPE OF RICOTTA CHEESE--Bacteria-tainted ricotta salata linked to 14 illnesses, one death.

  9. CASINO BUILDING BOOM ROLLS ACROSS ASIA--Proliferation of resorts intensifies the debate over gambling's social ills.

  10. HALL OF FAME HOOPS COACH CALLING IT QUITS--Jim Calhoun has won three national titles at UConn but is struggling with ill health.

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