Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. MANNING PENALTY COULD HINGE ON US RISKS A military judge will decide at a sentencing hearing beginning today how much the Army private's leaks of classified information endangered national security. MANNING-WIKILEAKS
2. WHAT VERDICT MEANS FOR SNOWDEN Experts say the NSA leaker would likely be convicted of similar charges if brought to trial in the U.S. MANNING-WIKILEAKS-LEGAL
3. OBAMA TAKES CORPORATE TAX PITCH TO CONGRESS He speaks to the House and Senate today about cutting corporate taxes and using the revenue to fund jobs — a tactic Republicans oppose. OBAMA-CONGRESS
4. ECONOMISTS EXPECT WEAK SECOND QUARTER They say tax increases and steep government cuts did their worst damage in the April-June period. ECONOMY-GDP
5. WHO DRIVER WAS TALKING TO AS SPAIN TRAIN CRASHED He took a call from a controller about what approach to take toward his destination when he rounded a notorious curve and didn't brake in time. SPAIN-TRAIN DERAILMENT
6. ZIMBABWE VOTES ON FATE OF LONGTIME PRESIDENT T he 89-year-old Robert Mugabe has said he would hand over power immediately to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai if he loses. ZIMBABWE-ELECTIONS
7. WHERE THE STOMACH BUG OUTBREAK CAME FROM Health officials say packaged salad mix caused hundreds of illnesses in Iowa and Nebraska, and may be the culprit in several other states. STOMACH BUG OUTBREAK
8. SUSPECT LEFT IN CELL FOR FOUR DAYS Daniel Chong won a $4.1 million judgment for being abandoned in a windowless Drug Enforcement Administration cell without food or water. SUSPECT FORGOTTEN
9. ACTRESS WHO FOUND COMEDY IN MEMORABLE 'MEANIES' DIES Eileen Brennan, Oscar-nominated for playing Goldie Hawn's tough drill sergeant in "Private Benjamin," was 80. OBIT-EILEEN BRENNAN
10. THE QUICKEST WAY TO BOARD A PLANE An astrophysicist says airlines would have to first place passengers in window seats, then the middle and aisle ones, spacing them two rows apart. BOARDING THE PLANE
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