Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
- WHO FORCED OBAMA'S HAND ON GOVERNMENT SPYING
Changes to the NSA's operations would not be happening had Edward Snowden not thrust the secret programs out into the open.
- BUDGET CLEARS US CONGRESS WITH EASE
Tea party critics chastened by October's partial shutdown mount only a faint protest to the $1.1 trillion spending plan.
- EXECUTED OHIO MAN'S FAMILY PLANS LAWSUIT
The condemned inmate took almost 25 minutes to die after the injection of a two-drug cocktail that had never before been used in an execution in the U.S.
- ISRAELI LAW WOULD CRIMINALIZE USE OF THE WORD 'NAZI'
The measure has sparked a debate about freedom of speech in a state that was founded out of the ashes of the Holocaust.
- WHAT'S HINDERING HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS IN SOUTH SUDAN
Wholesale looting of vehicles, equipment and supplies belonging to aid groups is crippling their ability to help.
- WOMAN TICKETED FOR DRIVING WITH GOOGLE GLASS FOUND NOT GUILTY
A San Diego traffic court rules that her citation -- believed to be the first of its kind in the U.S. -- requires proof that the device was in operation.
- PRICE TO BOARD AN AIRLINER KEEPS CLIMBING
Fares have risen nearly 12 percent since their low during the Great Recession in 2009, an AP analysis shows.
- GAY RIGHTS LAG ACROSS THE GLOBE
At least 76 countries still retain laws criminalizing gay sex, including five where it's punishable by death.
- 'THE PROFESSOR' FROM 'GILLIGAN'S ISLAND' DIES AT 89
Russell Johnson was a little-known character actor when he was cast in the 1960s comedy about seven people marooned on an uncharted Pacific island.
- HOW BASEBALL IS MODERNIZING
Owners, players and umpires approve a huge expansion of instant replay in hopes of eliminating blown calls.