{"id":29074,"date":"2016-10-18T08:20:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T13:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=29074"},"modified":"2016-10-18T08:18:01","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T13:18:01","slug":"10-things-to-know-for-today-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=29074","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. IRAQI FORCES PAUSE MOSUL ADVANCE<\/p>\n<p>The front lines to the east of the IS-held city were largely quiet, with gains being consolidated, a day after Iraqi Kurdish forces advanced amid a barrage of U.S.-led airstrikes and heavy artillery.<\/p>\n<p>2. RUSSIA, SYRIA HALT ALEPPO STRIKES<\/p>\n<p>A Russian official says a temporary truce later in the week would enable militants to leave the besieged northern Syria city and open humanitarian corridors.<\/p>\n<p>3. CLIMATE CHANGE COULD WREAK HAVOC ON &#8216;SPACE FENCE&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Scientists tell AP rising seas from global warming could threaten a nearly $1 billion radar installation that the U.S. Air Force is building in the Pacific to track dangerous space junk.<\/p>\n<p>4. MICHELLE OBAMA EMERGES AS CLINTON&#8217;S GO-TO SURROGATE<\/p>\n<p>In a divisive political year, the first lady is wowing voters with her powerful rhetoric &#8211; and emotional center.<\/p>\n<p>5. WHO OBAMA IS RESERVING FINAL STATE DINNER FOR<\/p>\n<p>Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will be attending a glitzy affair that features celebrity chef Mario Batali in the kitchen and a performance by Gwen Stefani.<\/p>\n<p>6. US POLICING LEADER LAMENTS HISTORICAL RACIAL ABUSE<\/p>\n<p>Leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement say words need to be backed by actions, while the head of an officers&#8217; union in Minnesota says there was no need to apologize.<\/p>\n<p>7. THIS CO-PILOT UNAFFECTED BY THE HUMAN CONDITION<\/p>\n<p>Government and industry officials are collaborating on an effort to replace the second human pilot in two-person flight crews with robots.<\/p>\n<p>8. UPCOMING COLA RAISES NEGLIGIBLE<\/p>\n<p>For the fifth straight year, millions of Social Security recipients and federal retirees will get only tiny increases in benefits next year.<\/p>\n<p>9. BILLY BUSH GETS WALKING PAPERS<\/p>\n<p>NBC News fires the &#8220;Today&#8221; show host, who was caught on a 2005 tape in a vulgar conversation about women with Trump before an &#8220;Access Hollywood&#8221; appearance.<\/p>\n<p>10. 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