Friday, July 19, 2013

10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

1. ONCE MANUFACTURING CAPITAL, DETROIT HAS NEW LABEL
The city became the largest in U.S. history to file for bankruptcy, after a long decline in population and its auto industry.
2. AFTER ROLLING STONE COVER, NEW LOOK AT TSARNAEV
A police photographer released pictures of the Boston Marathon bomb suspect after his arrest in a boat to counter images he felt glamorized him.
3. MASSIVE PROTESTS PLANNED IN EGYPT
Allies of ousted president Mohammed Morsi w ill rally against the military coup that overthrew him two weeks ago.
4. KREMLIN CRITIC RELEASED DAY AFTER HIS CONVICTION
Alexei Navalny was freed pending appeals after prosecutors said keeping him in custody would deny his right to run for mayor of Moscow.
5. MARTIN'S PARENTS IN 'SHOCK' AFTER ZIMMERMAN VERDICT
"Was he racially profiled? I think that if Trayvon had been white, this would never have happened," father Tracy Martin said.
6. PANAMA DETAINS EX-CIA STATION CHIEF
Robert Seldon Lady was co nvicted in absentia in Italy in 2009 in the abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street. He's never been in Italian custody.
7. PAKISTANI COOK ACCUSED OF POISONING 22 IN FAMILY FEUD
Police say the cook was paid $500 by a politician to poison the food at the home of his cousin after losing to him in provincial elections.
8. GROWING FIRE EVACUATES CALIF. TOWN
About 6,000 residents of Idyllwild, two miles from Palm Springs, were told to get out of the way of the 35 square-mile quickly spreading blaze.
9. WHERE THE NORTHEAST HEAT WAVE IS GOING
AP Science Writer Seth Borenstein reports the high-pressure system is moving backward from east to west - a rare weather phenomenon.
10. WHO WAS SNUBBED AT EMMY NOMINATIONS
Perennial nominees Julianna Margulies, Michael C. Hall and Jon Cryer were shut out. AMC's "The Walking Dead" and HBO's "True Blood" were apparently too edgy.