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10 Things to Know for Friday

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that people will be talking about today.

  1. KILLER OF 77 NORWEGIANS IMPRISONED--The prison term lets authorities keep Anders Behring Breivik locked up for as long as he is considered dangerous.

  2. ARMSTRONG TO BE STRIPPED OF 7 TOUR DE FRANCE TITLES--The cyclist will also be forever banned from competing after he declared he would no longer fight doping charges.

  3. ROMNEY MAY GET NOMINATED MONDAY--The process will begin earlier than in the past because of concerns about Ron Paul supporters and Tropical Storm Isaac.

  4. HOW A GIRL SAYS SHE ESCAPED FROM ABDUCTORS--A 24-year-old man and his mother are arrested after the teenager told Illinois police she was held captive for two years and had a baby after being raped.

  5. ISAAC LASHES CARIBBEAN, BUT ULTIMATE PATH UNCERTAIN--The storm is unlikely to reach hurricane strength this weekend, but it still has GOP officials scrambling before their convention in Tampa.

  6. PROSECUTORS: THEATER SHOOTING SUSPECT HAD MADE THREATS--They also say suspect James Holmes was banned from his school, but a college official denies that.

  7. WHAT SOUTH KOREA BAN OF SOME APPLE, SAMSUNG PRODUCTS MEANS FOR THE U.S.--The partial victory for Samsung is small compared to the $2.5 billion lawsuit being deliberated by California jurors.

  8. WHY MICHELLE OBAMA VISITED WISCONSIN--The first lady spent 90 minutes consoling relatives of the Sikh worshippers gunned down in their temple.

  9. SUPPORTERS RALLY BEHIND BLACK ATHLETE AWAITING SENTENCE FOR RAPE--They say Darrell Williams is the victim of misidentification by two white women and racial profiling by the predominantly white jury in Oklahoma.

  10. HIPPO DIES IN RESCUE ATTEMPT--A crew in South Africa was about to use a crane to lift the animal out of a pool, but it never survived.

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