10 Things to Know for July 18, 2013 — Mandela Turns 95

The South African leader's daughter says he has improved after fears he has been close to death for weeks with a lung infection. SOUTH AFRICA-MANDELA

The Senate could vote today on a compromise that would erase a planned increase and let undergraduates borrow at 3.85 percent. STUDENT LOANS

In a close-up photo, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev looks more like a young Bob Dylan or Jim Morrison than the man suspected in the Boston Marathon bombing. ROLLING STONE-MARATHON BOMBING

"House of Cards" and "Arrested Development" are Netflix-only series vying with favorites "Homeland" and "Modern Family" for TV's biggest awards today. EMMY NOMINATIONS

A cold front is moving south today from Canada, but the Northeast and Midwest won't see temperatures out of the 90s until the weekend. HEAT WAVE

As an Illinois state senator, the future president worked for four years to pass a bill requiring police to keep track of the race of people they pulled over. OBAMA-RACIAL PROFILING

A poll says the U.S. is viewed as the top global economy by 39 nations, although key U.S. allies consider China as having the upper hand. CHINA-US-POLL

Protests were expected in Moscow after popular blogger and mayoral candidate Alexei Navalny netted a five-year prison term for embezzlement. RUSSIA-OPPOSITION TRIAL

The six women took in movies like "World War Z," went bowling, had pedicures and saw fireworks — at a bill to Florida taxpayers of $33,000. NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH-JURORS

The annual pop-culture celebration — featuring the planet's hottest films, TV shows, video games and comic books — blasts off today in San Diego. COMIC-CON