President Barack Obama, left, and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, laugh with Cardinal Timothy Dolan during the Archdiocese of New York’s 67th Annual Alfred. E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, a white-tie gala has been a required stop for politicians since the end of World War II. In keeping with tradition, candidates prepare humorous fare for the fundraising event organized by the Catholic Archdiocese of New York for the benefit of needy children. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today (times in EDT):
1. CONSULATE ATTACK TIMELINE COMES INTO FOCUS
AP’s Kimberly Dozier says the CIA station chief in Libya reported to Washington within 24 hours of the deadly attack that there was evidence it was carried out by militants.
2. A BULLET TRAIN IT IS NOT
But test runs will start zooming along a small section of the Amtrak line between Chicago and St. Louis at 110 mph – a 30 mph increase.