Monday, October 28, 2013

10 Things to Know for Today

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009 file photo, Lou Reed performs at the Lollapalooza music festival, in Chicago. Punk-poet, rock legend Lou Reed is dead of a liver-related ailment, his literary agen said Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. He was 71. (AP Photo/John Smierciak, File)







FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009 file photo, Lou Reed performs at the Lollapalooza music festival, in Chicago. Punk-poet, rock legend Lou Reed is dead of a liver-related ailment, his literary agen said Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. He was 71. (AP Photo/John Smierciak, File)







Boston Red Sox first baseman Mike Napoli celebrates after tagging out St. Louis Cardinals' Kolten Wong on a pick-off attempt to end Game 4 of baseball's World Series Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, in St. Louis. The Red Sox won 4-2 to ties the series at 2-2. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)







Mingdong Chen, a suspect in the murder of a five people in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood, is taken by police from the 66th precinct, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 in New York. The Chinese immigrant, who neighbors said struggled to survive in America, was arrested in the stabbing death Saturday night of his cousin's wife and her four children. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)







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

1. NSA ACCUSED OF MONITORING PHONES IN SPAIN

A newspaper says the U.S. spying agency collected data on 60 million calls in a month.

2. NEW YORK'S GRITTY ROCK POET DIES AT 71

Lou Reed, who died of a liver ailment, was the father of indie rock who influenced generations of musicians from David Bowie and R.E.M. to Talking Heads and Sonic Youth.

3. HOW SANDY WENT FROM 'BORING' TO BEAST

The Superstorm, which hit the Northeast a year ago this week, caused so much havoc because its tropical storm-force winds stretched for a record 1,000 miles.

4. HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS BATTER BRITAIN

Trains and flights are canceled and power is knocked out to thousands as a significant storm bears down on southern England.

5. PHONE HACKING TRIAL UNDERWAY

Jury selection begins in the case of former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, accused of eavesdropping and bribing officials while at the now-shuttered Rupert Murdoch tabloid.

6. MAN CHARGED IN STABBING DEATHS OF COUSIN'S WIFE , 4 CHILDREN

NYC police say the suspect had been staying with the family on the first floor of the two-story brick house for about a week.

7. WHICH AUTOMAKER IS BACK ON TOP

Toyota outsells GM for the first nine months of 2013 to keep the lead it regained last year.

8. NIELSEN TO BEGIN MEASURING MOBILE VIEWING

Starting next fall, the global info and measurement company will count programs watched on phones and tablets within its traditional TV ratings.

9. ANOTHER WACKY WORLD SERIES FINISH

One night after a rare obstruction call, Game 4 ends with a pickoff play as the Red Sox beat the Cardinals 4-2 and even things up.

10. THE OTHER FOOTBALL COMES TO WEMBLEY

The 49ers trounce the Jaguars 42-10 at London's iconic soccer venue.

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