Friday, May 17, 2013

10 Things to Know for Today

This artist rendition provided by NASA shows the Kepler space telescope. The spacecraft lost the second of four wheels that control the telescope?s orientation in space, NASA said Wednesday, May 15, 2013. If engineers can?t find a fix, the failure means the telescope won?t be able to look for planets outside our solar system anymore. (AP Photo/NASA)

This artist rendition provided by NASA shows the Kepler space telescope. The spacecraft lost the second of four wheels that control the telescope?s orientation in space, NASA said Wednesday, May 15, 2013. If engineers can?t find a fix, the failure means the telescope won?t be able to look for planets outside our solar system anymore. (AP Photo/NASA)

President Barack Obama speaks on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday May 15, 2013. Obama announced the resignation of Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, the top official at the IRS. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

O.J. Simpson removes his glasses as he testifies during an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court, Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in Las Vegas. Simpson, who is currently serving a nine to 33-year sentence in state prison as a result of his October 2008 conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping charges, is using a writ of habeas corpus, to seek a new trial, claiming he had such bad representation that his conviction should be reversed. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jeff Scheid, Pool)

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. COMMISSIONER OUSTED IN GROWING IRS SCANDAL

Obama asked acting commissioner's Steven T. Miller to resign and Congress and the Justice Department continue probes into the targeting of tea party groups.

2. WHITE HOUSE RELEASES TROVE OF BENGHAZI EMAILS

The correspondence underscored a turf battle between the State Department and the CIA and quibbling over the administration's talking points.

3. DEADLY TORNADOES SWOOP THROUGH TEXAS

Dozens of homes were damaged, six were killed and 14 were missing after the swarm of storms hit North Texas.

4. 1 MILLION FLEE AHEAD OF ASIA CYCLONE

The storm began battering the coast of Bangladesh today, flattening mud and straw huts in remote fishing villages.

5. HOW PRISON CHANGED OJ

No longer a glamorous celebrity in an expensive suit, a grayer Simpson testified at his Las Vegas appeals hearing in a drab prison uniform and leg shackles.

6. ANOTHER FACTTORY COLLAPSE IN ASIA

The ceiling of a Cambodian factory that makes Asics sneakers fell in, killing two people and injuring seven.

7. NATO CONVOY ATTACKED IN AFGHANISTAN

The Muslim militant group Hizb-e-Islami claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb that killed at least six and wounded more than 30.

8. PLANET-HUNTING MISSION IN JEOPARDY

NASA's Kepler telescope is broken and engineers can't yet fix yet, jeopardizing a $600 million mission to search for other planets where life could exist.

9. WHAT QUALIFIES AS MENTAL ILLNESS

The new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders assigned names to tantrums, grief and bingeing, drawing criticism that psychiatrists are going too far.

10. BOB DYLAN'S LATEST ACCOLADE

He became the first rock star to be inducted into the 115-year-old American Academy of Arts and Letters, an artists' honor society.

Associated Press

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