10 things to know for Tuesday
By The Associated Press
This article was published February 19, 2013 at 8:11 a.m.
Your daily look at late-breaking news, coming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. PISTORIUS CHARGED WITH PREMEDITATED MURDER
2. OBAMA TO PRESS CONGRESS ON BUDGET CUTS
3. WHAT SPARKED CARNIVAL CRUISE SHIP FIRE
A leak in a fuel oil return line caused the engine-room blaze that disabled the vessel for five days.
4. $50 MILLION DIAMOND HEIST FROM TARMAC OF BELGIUM AIRPORT
5. A SHIFT IN GUN-CONTROL DEBATE AFTER MASS SHOOTINGS
6. MICROSOFT TAKES ON GOOGLE
It’s spending at least $30 million to promote a retooled Outlook.com, hoping to rival Google’s gmail.
7. YOUNG VETERANS LOOKING TO POLISH RESUMES
The unemployment rate for veterans between 18 and 24 exceeded 20 percent last year and vets say soldiers should start searching before leaving the military.
8. HACKERS HAVE IT THEIR WAY
Someone posted obscene messages on Burger King’s Twitter account and changed its profile picture to a McDonald’s logo.
9. LAKERS’ ‘SHOWTIME’ MASTERMIND DIES
Jerry Buss, who built a dynasty for decades on talent from Magic Johnson to Kobe Bryant, was 80.
10. BARING ALL AT THE MUSEUM
Visitors stripped down for an after-hours viewing of the exhibit, “Nude Men from 1800 to Today,” in Vienna.
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