{"id":27966,"date":"2016-08-11T07:35:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T12:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27966"},"modified":"2016-08-11T07:36:39","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T12:36:39","slug":"10-things-to-know-for-today-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27966","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. WHO TRUMP SAYS FOUNDED ISLAMIC STATE GROUP<\/p>\n<p>The GOP presidential hopeful accuses Barack Obama of being the &#8220;founder&#8221; of the group that is wreaking havoc from the Middle East to European cities.<\/p>\n<p>2. WHY SOME MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AREN&#8217;T OK WITH BEING MUM ON TRUMP<\/p>\n<p>Professional ethics dictate that psychiatrists and psychologists avoid publicly diagnosing someone they&#8217;ve never examined. But after the Republican nominee&#8217;s string of incendiary comments, some are chaffing at the restriction.<\/p>\n<p>3. WHY MORE PROGRESS IS NEEDED ON U.S. HEALTHCARE<\/p>\n<p>About 9 in 10 Americans now have health insurance, but rising costs could bedevil the next occupant of the White House, and &#8220;Obamacare&#8221; remains divisive.<\/p>\n<p>4. FEDS HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR BALTIMORE POLICE<\/p>\n<p>A scathing government report on the department suggests the strategy of cracking down on minor infractions before they lead to more serious crimes leads to routine discrimination against blacks.<\/p>\n<p>5. CANADIAN POLICE SAY THEY KILLED WOULD-BE SUICIDE BOMBER<\/p>\n<p>A suspect who was being monitored by authorities and banned from associating with the Islamic State group is dead.<\/p>\n<p>6. WHERE THEY KEPT THE CANOLIS, AND MAYBE LEFT A FEW GUNS<\/p>\n<p>A passing reference to the &#8220;Mulberry Street Crew&#8221; in a new mob indictment revives questions about whether the Mafia still has at least a toehold in Manhattan&#8217;s Little Italy.<\/p>\n<p>7. FINAL ALL-AMERICAN SHOWDOWN AWAITS IN OLYMPIC POOL<\/p>\n<p>Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte will meet in the 200-meter individual medley, ending a 13-year rivalry that has been one of the greatest in swimming history.<\/p>\n<p>8. UNLIKE U.S. AND CHINA, MANY NATIONS HAVE SMALL SHOT AT OLYMPIC GLORY<\/p>\n<p>Some, like India and Fiji, very rarely reach the podium. So they come to Rio with their collective focus pinned on one team, or one athlete, to break through.<\/p>\n<p>9. THE YANKEES&#8217; $300 MILLION MAN<\/p>\n<p>By the time Alex Rodriguez collects his last payment as a player from the Yankees next year, he will have received $317,368,852 from New York, according to a review of his contracts by The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>10. WHERE TINY CAR IS CHERISHED<\/p>\n<p>In Cuba, where car and gas prices are the highest in the Western Hemisphere, drivers love the Fiat Polski, which has the legroom of an airplane seat and the horsepower of a riding lawnmower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASSOCIATED PRESS Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. 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