10 Things to Know for July 18, 2013 — Mandela Turns 95
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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MANDELA TURNS 95 IN HOSPITAL
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
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STUDENTS GET A DEAL ON LOANS
The Senate could vote today on a compromise that would erase a planned increase and let undergraduates borrow at 3.85 percent. STUDENT LOANS
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ROLLING STONE COVER SPARKS OUTRAGE
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
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ONLINE SHOWS VIE FOR EMMY NOMS
"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
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WHEN RELIEF FROM US HEAT WAVE IS COMING
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
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OBAMA'S FIGHT AGAINST RACIAL PROFILING
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
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WHO HAS THE WORLD'S LEADING ECONOMY
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
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RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER CONVICTED
Protests were expected in Moscow after popular blogger and mayoral candidate Alexei Navalny netted a five-year prison term for embezzlement. RUSSIA-OPPOSITION TRIAL
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HOW ZIMMERMAN JURORS SPENT THEIR TIME
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
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COUNTDOWN TO COMIC-CON
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