Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about on Tuesday:
- 1. WHAT PETRAEUS THOUGHT OF THREATENING EMAILS
Friends say the then-CIA director was shocked when he learned his mistress was warning another woman to stay away from him.
- 2. ‘FISCAL CLIFF’ CONFRONTS RETURNING CONGRESS
As they get back to work Tuesday, lawmakers must attempt to avert the crippling specter of expiring tax breaks and automatic spending cuts.
- 3. HOW THE AFGHAN MASSACRE CASE TESTS MILITARY JUSTICE
With a spotty history of convicting troops in civilian deaths, government prosecutors seek to build a strong case against an Army sergeant accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians.
- 4. WHOSE MISSILE ACTIVITY SATELLITE PHOTOS REVEAL
North Korea has been testing rocket engines, a sign it continues to develop long-range ballistic missiles, a U.S. academic institute says.
- 5. CATHOLIC BISHOPS TAKE STOCK OF THE ELECTION
Votes on gay marriage and birth control didn’t go their way. But there’s no sign of a shift in church strategy.
- 6. RETHINKING THE BATTLE AGAINST DRUG CARTELS
Latin American countries see mixed signals as Colorado and Washington weaken marijuana laws.
- 7. WHY POLICE IN BELIZE WANT TO QUESTION AN AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR
The search began after a neighbor of John McAfee, founder of the anti-virus software company McAfee Inc., was found shot dead at his Caribbean island home.
- 8. CHARITY STARTS AT HOME ... ON A COMPUTER
AP technology writer Anick Jesdanun says that nowadays online social networks make it easier to support a worthy cause.
- 9. EXTRA POWER AT THE FLIP OF A SWITCH
For the first time, LED bulbs that roughly match old-style 100-watt light bulbs for brightness are coming to stores in the U.S.
- 10. FOR THE NFL, A RECURRING HEADACHE
Fully a quarter of Sunday’s football games saw a starting QB leave with a concussion.



