Friday, January 18, 2013

10 Things to Know for Today

This artist's rendering provided by Bigelow Aerospace shows a Bigelow inflatable space station. NASA is partnering with this commercial space company to test an inflatable room that can be compressed into a 7-foot tube for delivery to the International Space Station. NASA is expected to install the module by 2015. (AP Photo/Bigelow Aerospace)

This artist's rendering provided by Bigelow Aerospace shows a Bigelow inflatable space station. NASA is partnering with this commercial space company to test an inflatable room that can be compressed into a 7-foot tube for delivery to the International Space Station. NASA is expected to install the module by 2015. (AP Photo/Bigelow Aerospace)

In this Nov. 17, 2012, photo, Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o sings the alma mater following their NCAA college football game against Stanford in South Bend, Ind. A story that Te'o's girlfriend had died of leukemia _ a loss he said inspired him to help lead the Irish to the BCS championship game _ was dismissed by the university Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, as a hoax perpetrated against the linebacker. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond)

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

1. FOREIGN HOSTAGES ESCAPE IN DESERT STANDOFF

Algerian officials say at least 20 workers escaped from the natural gas complex taken over by militants.

2. MORE GROUNDINGS OF DREAMLINER

Europe, the U.S., Japan and India ground the Boeing jets after battery failures on two planes.

3. TALE OF NOTRE DAME STAR'S DEAD GIIRLFRIEND A HOAX

The university says linebacker Manti Te'o was duped into believing the woman he met online had died of leukemia.

4. OBAMA'S GUN PROPOSALS FACE A TOUGH FIGHT

His plan faces a doubtful future in a divided Congress where Republicans control the House.

5. FAILING LEVEES AFTER KATRINA

The AP says the first-ever inventory of the systems found hundreds of structures deemed unacceptable in 37 states.

6. WAITING FOR THE TRUTH FROM ARMSTRONG

The disgraced cyclist's confessional interview with Oprah Winfrey airs at 9 p.m.

7. A BANKER'S MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR PAY CUT

JPMorgan's Dimon will see his salary fall by more than half to $11.5 million ? fallout from an embarrassing trading loss last year.

8. THE BOUNCE HOUSE: FROM BACKYARDS TO OUTER SPACE

NASA and a private company hope to increase astronauts' comfort with an $18 million inflatable room.

9. STUCK IN A TIGHT SPACE

It took four hours, an air bag and soapy lubricant to free a Portland, Ore., woman wedged in an 8-to-10 inch wide space between two buildings.

10. 'DIFF'RENT STROKES' DAD DIES AT 89

Conrad Bain played Mr. Drummond, the white adoptive father of two African-American brothers, in the Gary Coleman sitcom.

Associated Press

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