10 Things to Know for Today: 7-03

7/3/2014
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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    HOLD FOR STORY BY MICHAEL SISAK - This June 23, 2014 photo shows the Indian Wells Beach in Amagansett, N.Y., where the East Hampton Town Board is proposing banning alcohol after complaints about out of towners getting drunk and rowdy last year. The town trustees, an elected body that controls most of the town's beaches and dates to colonial times, are objecting to the plan. (AP Photo/Michael R. Sisak)

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

    1. 32 STATES TRAIL US AS A WHOLE IN JOB RECOVERY

    Five years after the Great Recession officially ended, most states still haven’t regained all the jobs they lost, even though the nation as a whole has.

    2. “CORPORATE PERSONHOOD” CHALLENGES “WE THE PEOPLE”

    The latest “Hobby Lobby” ruling by the Supreme Court caps a legal principle that treats companies as individuals.

    3. WHY U.S. WANTS MORE SECURITY AT FOREIGN AIRPORTS

    Intelligence officials are concerned about a new al-Qaida effort to create a bomb that would go undetected through airport security.

    4. CHINA’S PRESIDENT SNUBS NORTH KOREA

    Xi Jinping is visiting South Korea ahead of its northern foe in his first official trip to the divided peninsula.

    5. OUTBREAK IS LATEST SCOURGE ON HAITI

    Cramped quarters, dismal sanitation and ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes are all helping the intensely painful chikungunya virus to spread.

    6. SERIAL CHILD RAPIST LEAVES MYSTERIES IN WAKE OF SUICIDE

    A Georgia man left behind more than 50,000 images of girls he raped and molested, and the FBI wants victims to come forward so they can be helped.

    7. WHERE ALCOHOL-FUELED PARTIES MAY SOON END

    Swanky East Hampton’s beaches may ban drinking to stop rowdy partying that’s led to a “Fratster” problem.

    8. CHEMICAL SCANNER COULD CHANGE THE WAY WE SHOP, EAT

    The Israeli gadget called the SCiO uses infrared technology to indicate how many calories there are in food and what its chemical components are.

    9. DROUGHT WON’T HAMPER FIREWORKS IN PARCHED SOUTHWEST

    July 4 celebrations in states like Arizona and New Mexico will go ahead despite the high threat of wildfires.

    10. WHAT ARTHUR WILL BRING TO THE EAST COAST

    The storm is expected to become a hurricane by Thursday, bringing high winds, rough seas, dangerous rip currents and possible flooding.