10 Things to Know for Today: 6-18

6/18/2013
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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    FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, English food writer, journalist and broadcaster, Nigella Lawson poses during the 28th MIPCOM (International Film and Programme Market for Tv, Video,Cable and Satellite) in Cannes, southeastern France. British police say they are investigating after a newspaper published photos of Nigella Lawson's husband Charles Saatchi with his hands around the celebrity chef's throat. The Sunday People newspaper ran pictures of what it said was the couple's violent argument at a London restaurant on June 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

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    • Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

    1. HANDOVER IN AFGHANISTAN

    Karzai says his country’s armed forces are taking over from the U.S.-led NATO coalition for the first time in the nearly 12-year war.

    2. WOMEN GET EQUAL SHOT AT COMBAT ROLES

    The military is to announce plans today to let women train as Navy SEALS, Army Rangers and other front-line jobs.

    3. G-8 LEADERS SEEK SYRIA AGREEMENT

    The leaders were to make a joint statement today on the civil war after Obama and Putin staked out opposite sides.

    4. WHERE JIMMY HOFFA COULD TURN UP

    Federal agents are digging again for the Teamster boss’ remains, this time in a suburban Detroit field, after a reputed mobster said Hoffa was buried there in a barn.

    5. NSA CHIEF GOES BEFORE CONGRESS

    Army Gen. Keith Alexander is testifying before a House intelligence committee a day after the president called the agency’s surveillance programs “transparent” in an interview.

    6. WHEN ABORTIONS WOULD BE BANNED

    The Republican-controlled House is expected to pass a bill today that would ban abortions after 20 weeks; the Senate is expected to ignore it.

    7. THE STANDING MAN IN TURKEY

    The lone protester stood silently for hours in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, joined by about 20 others before police trying to contain the two-week-old unrest removed them.

    8. PLANE PASSENGER RANTS ABOUT CIA, SPYING

    Other passengers and a flight attendant tied the screaming man up after he asked that the U.S.-bound flight be diverted to Canada.

    9. CHEF’S HUSBAND GIVEN WARNING AFTER ASSAULT

    The British police cautioned art collector Charles Saatchi after tabloid photos emerged of him grasping food personality Nigella Lawson’s throat outside a fancy restaurant.

    10. MIAMI’S TITLE ON THE LINE

    The Spurs can finish off the Heat tonight in Game 6 of the NBA finals; Miami won 27 games in a row this season but has lost three of the last five.