{"id":29408,"date":"2016-10-28T08:30:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T13:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=29408"},"modified":"2016-10-28T08:33:36","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T13:33:36","slug":"10-things-to-know-for-today-107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=29408","title":{"rendered":"10 Things to Know for Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">1. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER ACQUITTAL OF OREGON STANDOFF LEADERS<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">A defense attorney for Ammon Bundy is hit by a stun gun and tackled by federal authorities after he keeps yelling at the judge, demanding his client be released immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">2. POLICE FIRE BEAN BAGS, PEPPER SPRAY TO EVICT PIPELINE PROTESTERS<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">Cody Hall, a spokesman for protesters opposing the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota, says they will continue efforts to block the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">3. ACTIVISTS SPLIT AS CLINTON MAKES PUSH FOR BLACK MILLENNIALS<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">Some young African-American voters who had their doubts about the Democratic candidate are coming around to support her &#8211; some enthusiastically, some because they cannot stand Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">4. SYRIAN REBELS LAUNCH ALEPPO OFFENSIVE<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">The campaign is intended to break the government&#8217;s siege of the eastern sector of the contested city in the north of the country and the current focal point of the six-year war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">5. NORTH KOREA NUKE THREAT AWAITS NEXT PRESIDENT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">Obama&#8217;s successor will likely contend with Pyongyang able to strike the continental U.S. with a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">6. WHERE DEBT CAN LAST GENERATIONS<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">Indentured laborers at Afghanistan&#8217;s brick kilns make millions of dollars a year for their owners but are still unable to repay their loans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">7. BRAZIL VALLEY WAITING FOR RECOVERY FROM MINE FLOOD<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">One year later, families affected by the disaster say they feel betrayed by the company behind it &#8211; Samarco, a joint venture of Brazilian and Australian mining giants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">8. 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