Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about on Wednesday:
- 1. FOLLOWING SUPERSTORM, A DAZED, INUNDATED NEW YORK
“Nature,” says Mayor Bloomberg, assessing the damage to his city, “is an awful lot more powerful than we are.”
- 2. ECONOMICALLY, A WASH IN THE LONG RUN
A slightly slower economy in coming weeks will likely be matched by reconstruction and storm repairs that will contribute to growth over time.
- 3. BEST-LAID CAMPAIGN PLANS GO AWRY
Obama cancels Ohio trip in favor of a swing through storm-ravaged New Jersey. Romney, striving for the right tone, eases up on politicking.
- 4. SYRIAN REGIME RESUMES AIRSTRIKES, SHELLING
The latest assaults, killing 23, level a Damascus suburb one day after what activists called the heaviest and most widespread bombing of the war.
- 5. WHY THE FORCE IS WITH DISNEY
The entertainment conglomerate is buying Lucasfilm Ltd., creators of “Star Wars,” and it says that it’ll keep the sci-fi movie franchise alive.
- 6. MORE THAN A OUI BIT EMBARRASSING
France’s prime minister, after a series of sexist missteps by government officials, has decided that his ministers need sensitivity training.
- 7. HOW AIRPORTS BREEZED THROUGH THE STORM
After years of bad-weather bungling, U.S. airlines have learned that it’s best to cancel flights early — and keep the public away from flight terminals.
- 8. GUILTY PLEA IN ‘FAST AND FURIOUS’ BORDER KILLING
Mexican man’s conviction is the biggest so far in a case that shamed the federal government and led to a series of congressional probes.
- 9. ANOTHER STEVE JOBS DREAM LAUNCHES
Just over a year after the Apple founder’s death, the luxury motor yacht he commissioned and helped make slips out of a Dutch shipyard.
- 10. AND THE WINNER IS ... LIONEL MESSI
He’s the best soccer player in the world, and his Barcelona team is the top-rated club, according to the AP’s inaugural weekly world soccer rankings.
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