Monday, February 18, 2013

10 Things to Know for Monday

Danica Patrick displays the flag after winning the pole during qualifying for the NASCAR Daytona 500 Sprint Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Patrick won the pole, becoming the first woman to secure the top spot for any Sprint Cup race. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

Danica Patrick displays the flag after winning the pole during qualifying for the NASCAR Daytona 500 Sprint Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Patrick won the pole, becoming the first woman to secure the top spot for any Sprint Cup race. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

Peet van Zyl, managing agent for Olympian athlete Oscar Pistorius, talks to the press outside the Brooklyn police station in Pretoria, South Africa, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, after visiting Pistorius. Oscar Pistorius faces a bail hearing Tuesday and Wednesday, in which prosecutors will have to offer a great explanation about why they?ve charged the Olympian with murder over the Valentine?s Day shooting death of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius hasn?t entered a plea in the case, though his family has said they strongly deny the 26-year-old double-amputee runner committed murder. They have not, however, denied outright that Pistorius shot Steenkamp, a 29-year-old law school graduate now being featured in a South African reality television show. (AP Photo)

Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez shows her passport before leaving Cuba to travel to Brazil and other countries at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Sanchez is one of the Cuban dissidents who applied for passports to go overseas under recently enacted travel reform. Her request was granted last month. By her own account Sanchez has on some 20 occasions been rejected for the exit visa that for decades was required of all islanders seeking to go abroad.(AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

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

1. WHEN HAGEL WILL GET HIS VOTE

GOP opponents of the Defense Secretary nominee say they'll probably allow a confirmation vote in the coming week.

2. FOREIGN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS KIDNAPPED IN NIGERIA

No one has claimed responsibility for abducting the seven, but the region has been under attack by a radical Islamic sect known as Boko Haram.

3. WHO JOINED OBAMA ON THE FAIRWAY

Tiger Woods golfed with the president on a secluded, exclusive resort in Florida.

4. PISTORIUS PUTS AWAY HIS BLADES

The double-amputee cancels all races to concentrate on defending himself against murder charges.

5. ONE SISTER AT GUN CONTROL RALLY, ANOTHER IS SHOT

Janay Mcfarlane was killed in Chicago the same day her 14-year-old sister sat behind Obama as he spoke about gun violence.

6. CUBAN DISSIDENT BLOGGER BEGINS WORLD TOUR

Yoani Sanchez sets off on a three-month, dozen-nation journey, now that exit permits are no longer required for islanders.

7. SLAP A BABY, LOSE A JOB

An executive accused of assaulting a crying toddler on a flight is no longer employed at AGC Aerospace and Defense.

8. WHAT MAKER'S MARK WON'T CHANGE AFTER ALL

The bourbon distiller says public outcry has led it to reverse a decision to cut the alcohol level in its famous whiskey.

9. MIDWEEK MARIJUANA

Discovery network debuts 'Weed Country' series on Wednesdays, focusing on Northern California growers. 'Pot Cops' show will follow it.

10. MAKING NASCAR HISTORY

Danica Patrick becomes the first woman to win the Daytona 500 pole, the biggest achievement of her stock-car career.

Associated Press

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