{"id":29370,"date":"2016-10-27T08:31:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T13:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=29370"},"modified":"2016-10-27T08:35:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T13:35:05","slug":"today-in-history-280","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=29370","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. MORE GOOD SIGNS FOR CLINTON IN KEY STATES<\/p>\n<p>Millions of votes that have been cast already in the U.S. presidential election point to an advantage for the Democrat in Florida and North Carolina, both must-win states for Trump, as well as Nevada, Colorado and Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>2. WHO FORMS POLITICAL ODD COUPLE<\/p>\n<p>Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama, two women who are a study in contrasts, are slated to campaign together for the first time in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>3. SMALL TEMBLORS CONTINUE TO SHAKE ITALY<\/p>\n<p>They are further unsettling thousands of residents displaced by a pair of powerful aftershocks to the deadly August quake.<\/p>\n<p>4. WHY SPLIT IN U.S. NORTH KOREA STANCE SURPRISES<\/p>\n<p>National Intelligence Director James Clapper&#8217;s stakes out a position contrary to White House policy by saying there is little chance Pyongyang would agree to end its nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p>5. WHERE PROTESTERS DEMAND END TO &#8216;DICTATORSHIP&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Anti-government demonstrators pour into the streets of Venezuela&#8217;s capital and other major cities in a show of force against the president.<\/p>\n<p>6. POT FARMERS WORRY LEGALIZATION COULD END THEIR WAY OF LIFE<\/p>\n<p>California voters will decide Nov. 8 whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use &#8211; an issue that has sown division here among growers.<\/p>\n<p>7. U.S. STUDENTS STILL LAG IN SCIENCE LEARNING<\/p>\n<p>The 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress shows only about a third of fourth and eighth graders demonstrate strong academic performance in the sciences.<\/p>\n<p>8. HOW SOME CHOOSE TO GET ORGAN TRANSPLANTS FASTER<\/p>\n<p>Some patients are jumping ahead in line by agreeing to a kidney sure to infect them with hepatitis C.<\/p>\n<p>9. CHANGES COULD COME TO TWITTER USERS<\/p>\n<p>If Twitter is sold, a new owner could clean it up and curb some of the nastiness that&#8217;s become synonymous with it.<\/p>\n<p>10. 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