Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. OBAMA TO STEP ON WORLD STAGE: The president speaks at the U.N. General Assembly at 10:10 a.m. in his final international address before the November election.
2. WHY ISRAEL WALKED OUT OF AHMADINEJAD'S SPEECH: Iran's president, speaking at a high-level U.N. meeting, called Israel a "fake regime" shielded by the United States.
3. WHAT BRINGS MYANMAR'S SUU KYI TO FORT WAYNE: The Indiana city, where the democracy activist gives a speech at 9 a.m., is home to one of the largest Burmese communities in the U.S.
4. EINSTEIN'S BRAIN: THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT: For $9.99, you can download detailed images of the famed physicist's gray matter to an iPad.
5. RADICAL MUSLIM CLERIC TO FACE CHARGES IN THE U.S.: Abu Hamza al-Masri — one of Britain's most notorious extremists — allegedly tried to set up an al-Qaida training camp in rural Oregon.
6. NORTH KOREA STOPPED BUILDING A LAUNCH PAD: The construction halt, shown in satellite photos, could be due to heavy rains that killed dozens of people this summer.
7. WHERE NON-MUSLIM RINGTONES ARE BANNED: In northern Mali, a regime of radical Islamists imposed Sharia law — even against ringtones other than Quranic verse readings.
8. A SHIFT IN COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMS: It's a first: More students in the class of 2012 took the ACT than the rival SAT.
9. REPLACEMENT REFS RILE FOOTBALL FANS: A game-deciding call in the Seahawks-Packers game is the latest in a string of questionable decisions, leaving Green Bay's T.J. Lang tweeting that his team was robbed.
10. IT'S A BOY FOR BUFFY: Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. welcomed a son; they also have a 3-year-old daughter.
■ TODAY AND EVERY DAY: Click here for links to recent arrest reports and mug shots in Collier and Lee counties.
Catch of the Day: May 23, 2013






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