10 things to know for Wednesday
By The Associated Press
This article was published March 20, 2013 at 8:09 a.m.
Your daily look at late-breaking news, coming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. OBAMA AIMS TO REASSURE ISRAEL OF U.S. SUPPORT
2. A BLOODY MESSAGE IN IRAQ
3. QUESTIONS ABOUT MORTARS IN EXPLOSION THAT KILLED SEVEN MARINES
The Pentagon halted use of the weapons after the accident during a Nevada training exercise.
4. WHAT LOWER-INCOME WORKERS THINK ABOUT THE ECONOMY
An AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey says many who earn less than $35,000 view their jobs as a dead end.
5. CHARGES OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN SYRIA
6. CYBER-ATTACK SUSPECTED IN SOUTH KOREA NETWORK CRASH
The computer shutdown at several broadcasters and banks came a day after North Korea blamed the South and U.S. for crippling its network.
7. SANFORD BID TO RE-ENTER POLITICS ALIVE
The ex-South Carolina governor advanced to a Republican runoff for an open congressional seat.
8. TEEN LAUGHS, WEARS 'KILLER' SHIRT AT SENTENCING FOR KILLING 3
T.J. Lane gestured obscenely to the families of the students he shot dead in an Ohio school cafeteria before he was given three life terms.
9. ACTIVISTS SEEK CHARGES IN IDITAROD DOG DEATH
PETA wants Alaska prosecutors to file cruelty charges over the death of 5-year-old Dorado, who was buried by drifting snow at a race checkpoint.
10. MEMORIES OF THE 33-GAME STREAK
"The only bad thing about it is we were really too old to be able to sustain it," said Jerry West, whose Lakers hold the record the Miami Heat seeks to break.
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