10 Things to Know for Today: 5-7

5/7/2014
ASSOCIATED PRESS
  • NC-Congress

    Clay Aiken speaks to supporters during an election night watch party in Holly Springs, N.C., Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Aiken is seeking the Democratic nomination for North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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

    1. SYRIAN REBELS BEGIN EVACUATION OF HOMS

    Buses are transporting opposition fighters out of their last bastions in Syria’s strategic central city which they are handing over to Assad’s forces.

    2. WHO THE GOP’S NEW POINT PERSON ON BENGHAZI IS

    Rep. Trey Gowdy, who is tapped to head a special select committee investigating the attack, is a seasoned prosecutor with dogs called Judge, Jury and Bailiff.

    3. THAILAND’S PRIME MINISTER, MOST OF CABINET OUSTED

    Yingluck Shinawatra, who has resisted opponents’ calls for her resignation, is convicted of abusing her authority by transferring a senior civil servant in 2011 to another position.

    4. US PLEDGES TO HELP FREE KIDNAPPED SCHOOLGIRLS

    Finding the Nigerian teens is the immediate priority, Obama says — and dealing with the Boko Haram extremists is a close second.

    5. “IDOL,” ‘‘CELEBRITY APPRENTICE,” CANDIDATE

    Clay Aiken is neck and neck with textile entrepreneur Keith Crisco in a North Carolina Democratic congressional primary that is too close to call.

    6. HAWAII OFFICIALS RELEASE VIDEO OF STOWAWAY TEEN DROPPING FROM JET

    The footage, caught on a security camera, shows the 15-year-old jumping from the plane’s wheel well onto the concrete tarmac then walking with a slight wobble.

    7. ACROBAT READY TO GET BACK IN THE RING

    The only one of the nine performers injured in a circus mishap who can already walk on her own says she knows her work is risky, but “we love it enough to take that risk every day to make people happy.”

    8. HOW GAY ARABS ARE CELEBRATING THEIR IDENTITY

    A need for community inspired an Iraqi-American to create Tarab, a series of parties, beach gatherings and other events in NYC for LGBT Arabs.

    9. CHINA’S ALIBABA GROUP FILES LONG-AWAITED IPO

    The company has emerged as an e-commerce powerhouse that has been making more money than Amazon.com and eBay combined.

    10. WHERE PHARMACIES WILL BE SELLING MARIJUANA

    Uruguay’s president signs the groundbreaking rules for a legalized cannabis market, aiming to treat addiction as a public health challenge--not a law enforcement one.