10 things to know for Wednesday
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Candles, flowers and traditional Russian bottle of vodka, placed next to an image of Venzuela's late President Hugo Chavez outside the Venezuela's embassy in Moscow on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced that Chavez died on Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer.
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. THE POST-CHAVEZ ERA
Vice President Nicolas Maduro became Venezuela's interim president and will run as the governing party candidate in elections in a month. Click here for story
2. DOW'S RECORD HIGH DOESN'T IMPRESS WALL STREET
Memories of the financial meltdown are too fresh and the economy is too uncertain to celebrate after Tuesday's closing at 14,253.77. Click here for story
3. TSA OKS SMALL KNIVES ON PLANES
Airline passengers shrugged at the change, which also will allow souvenir baseball bats, golf clubs and sports equipment. Click here for story
4. SYRIAN REFUGEES HIT MILESTONE
The number of people who have fled the war-ravaged country for Lebanon, Jordan and other nations hit 1 million. Click here for story
5. WHERE BUDGET CUTS MIGHT HURT THE MOST
Beltway suburbs around Washington, D.C., will likely lose out with furloughs of federal employees and cuts to the civilian military. Click here for story
6. HOW MUCH MONEY THE U.S. SPENT IN IRAQ
More than $60 billion on reconstruction grants to help the country get back on its feet — about $15 million a day. Click here for story
7. THE COMET THAT GOT THIS CLOSE TO EARTH
Pan-STARRS passed within 100 million miles of Earth, its closest approach ever, and was seen in the Northern Hemisphere. Click here for story
8. WHO LEADS IN LOS ANGELES MAYOR'S RACE
Democrats Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel are headed for a runoff after no candidate won the majority. Click here for story
9. AN UNEXPECTED LOSS FROM SUPERSTORM SANDY
Thousands of lab mice used in experiments drowned when a New York University hospital basement flooded. Click here for story
10. FOX TO ESPN: LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE
Fox is challenging ESPN with a 24-hour sports cable network called Fox Sports 1, set to launch in August. Click here for story
Mar 6, 2013 at 5:18 p.m.
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They are still try to magnify the impact of Sandy by calling it a "superstorm".
It was a minimal hurricane, category one. The damage was because of the population density of the eastern seaboard not because the strength of the storm.
Mar 6, 2013 at 3:56 p.m.
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Gentlemen? Don't you mean thug?
Mar 6, 2013 at 12:27 p.m.
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I'm sorry. Let me try that again. Ready slowly if you must, Sigma.
Hugo Chavez was the leader of an entire country of people, in a land far away from here, which is probably why Sigma doesn't care.
Chris Kyle was a Navy SEAL and sniper who, unfortunately, was gunned down by a mentally troubled fellow vet. As I recall, the killing of Kyle was covered heavily all over the country.
Mr. Kyle obviously was an American hero to many, but it must be said that the death of a gentlemen who led a Socialist party to power in South America is a little bit bigger news. This will likely have repercussions, whether good or bad, on the rest of the world.
Mar 6, 2013 at 11:21 a.m.
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spinmaster is my hero of the day.
Mar 6, 2013 at 11:21 a.m.
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Chris Kyle was all over the news for a week when he died. And no one had ever heard of him before that.
Mar 6, 2013 at 9:33 a.m.
Mar 6, 2013 at 9:07 a.m.
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Why do we make such a big deal out of this Chavez guy when you have people like Chris Kyle killed and the media doesnt even mention it?
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