{"id":28948,"date":"2016-10-11T08:30:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T13:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=28948"},"modified":"2016-10-11T08:28:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T13:28:37","slug":"10-things-to-know-for-today-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=28948","title":{"rendered":"10 Things to Know for Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/p>\n<p>Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:<\/p>\n<p>1. TENSIONS FLARE AS REPUBLICANS CLASH OVER TRUMP<\/p>\n<p>Republican leaders hoped to prevent an all-out civil war at least until after the election, but those efforts appear to be failing.<\/p>\n<p>2. TRUMP&#8217;S 2005 COMMENTS DISGUST WOMEN, BUT CHANGE FEW OPINIONS<\/p>\n<p>Female voters in swing states are repulsed by the Republican&#8217;s assertion that an old tape featuring him talking about groping women amounted to &#8220;locker room talk&#8221; and not sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>3. HURRICANE&#8217;S COST, CHAOS LINGERS IN NORTH CAROLINA<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters turn their military-surplus truck into the dark floodwaters of Lumberton, inundated by a swollen river.<\/p>\n<p>4. &#8216;PEOPLE WILL DIE SOON IF WE DON&#8217;T GET SOME AID&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In western Haiti, 300 patients lay silently in bed at a hospital in Dame Marie waiting for medicine a week after Hurricane Matthew hit the remote peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>5. SAMSUNG STOPS MAKING GALAXY NOTE 7s<\/p>\n<p>The consumer electronics giant says that it is ending production of the star-crossed smartphones permanently because of safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p>6. HOW ZIKA MAY BE WORSE THAN INITIALLY THOUGHT<\/p>\n<p>Doctors are seeing that many of the babies born with microcephaly have difficulty swallowing, are prone to epileptic seizures and have vision and hearing trouble, AP finds.<\/p>\n<p>7. NO STRIKE FOR CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS<\/p>\n<p>The decision affecting 400,000 students in the nation&#8217;s third-largest school district averts the second major strike for city teachers since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>8. ASHURA MARKED AMID THREATS, VIOLENCE<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan&#8217;s Shiite population is preparing to mark the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad&#8217;s grandson despite warnings from authorities of possible attacks.<\/p>\n<p>9. NANCY O&#8217;DELL: LOCKER ROOM NO EXCUSE FOR TRUMP<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Entertainment Tonight&#8221; host says women shouldn&#8217;t be objectified, even in so-called men&#8217;s safe havens.<\/p>\n<p>10. 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