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photo This is a Thursday June 28, 2012, file photo of Elena Baltacha of Britain as she returns a shot to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic during a second round women’s singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England. The former top-50 professional tennis player who had been fighting liver cancer since retiring from the game, died Sunday, May 4, 2014. She was 30.

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

  1. HOW THE SEARCH FOR FLIGHT 370 WILL PROCEED

Investigators will re-analyze all the data gathered so far to make sure search crews have been looking in the right place — a remote area of the Indian Ocean off western Australia.

  1. TOUGH TASK FACES PISTORIUS DEFENSE TEAMS

The double-amputee Olympian’s lawyers need to recover from his shaky testimony as the murder trial resumes after a two-week hiatus.

  1. ‘IT JUST WENT CRASHING DOWN’

That’s how audience member Sydney Bragg described a circus accident that sent eight acrobats plummeting to the ground during a “human chandelier” performance at a Rhode Island arena.

  1. TWO SHIPS SINK OFF GREEK SHORE

The boats, which were carrying migrants, sank off the island of Samos. At least two people drowned and about 30 are missing of the 65 who survivors say were on board.