10 Things to Know for Today: 10-30

10/30/2013
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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    FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2013 file photo, Easton Area School District students Brianna Hawk, 15, left, and Kayla Martinez, 14, display their "I (heart) Boobies!" bracelets for photographers outside the U.S. Courthouse in Philadelphia. The Easton Area School District says it will take its fight against "I (heart) Boobies!" bracelets to the U.S. Supreme Court. The board voted 7-1 Tuesday night, Oct. 29, 2013 to appeal a decision rejecting its claim the bracelets are lewd and should be banned from school. The bracelets are designed to promote breast cancer awareness among young people. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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

    1. WHO’S NEXT ON THE HEALTH CARE HOT SEAT

    U.S. lawmakers are preparing to grill Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as some Republicans are calling for her to step down or be fired.

    2. WHY ANGELA MERKEL IS SO SENSITIVE TO SPYING

    The German chancellor grew up in East Germany, where eavesdropping by secret police was rampant during the Cold War.

    3. POLIO ADDS MISERY TO SYRIA’S GRIM REALITY

    An outbreak of the virus has the U.N. and others rushing to vaccinate the nation’s children.

    4. WHAT IKE SKELTON WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR

    The Democrat who served 34 years in Congress never served in the military but took pride in fighting on behalf of the men and women of the U.S. armed forces.

    5. BREAST CANCER BRACELET FIGHT CONTINUES

    A Pennsylvania school board plans to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its case on banning the bands, which it says are lewd.

    6. 3 DEAD AFTER ARIZONA DUST STORM LEADS TO CRASHES

    Nineteen vehicles are involved in chain-reaction collisions on Interstate 10 between Phoenix and Tucson.

    7. ‘ENTOURAGE’ MOVIE TO START SHOOTING IN JANUARY

    The big-screen version of the HBO series will reunite Jeremy Piven, Adrian Grenier, Jerry Ferrara, Kevin Dillon and Kevin Connolly.

    8. WHERE RUSSIA IS BREAKING ITS ‘ZERO WASTE’ OLYMPIC PLEDGE

    Moscow’s promise to hold the cleanest games ever is being buried in an illegal landfill outside Sochi.

    9. CARDS HANDING THE BALL TO ROOKIE PITCHER

    St. Louis, facing a must-win Game 6, is hoping for one more October gem from Michael Wacha.

    10. HEAT GET RINGS, THEN HOLD OFF BULLS

    Miami puts up the title banner for the 2013 NBA championship before beating Chicago 107-95.