In this Nov. 1, 2012 photo, a worker removes damaged boards from the Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., boardwalk, three days after Superstorm Sandy wrecked parts of it. Coastal communities are racing to rebuild their boardwalks in time for next summer. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
In this Nov. 1, 2012 photo, a worker removes damaged boards from the Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., boardwalk, three days after Superstorm Sandy wrecked parts of it. Coastal communities are racing to rebuild their boardwalks in time for next summer. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
CORRECTS DATES TO DEC. 9, NOT DEC. 12- A California driver's license bearing the name of Jenni Rivera driving sits on the ground at the site where a plane allegedly carrying Rivera crashed near Iturbide, Mexico Sunday Dec. 9, 2012. The wreckage of a the small plane believed to be carrying Jenni Rivera, the U.S-born singer whose soulful voice and unfettered discussion of a series of personal travails made her a Mexican-American superstar, was found in northern Mexico on Sunday. Authorities said there were no survivors. (AP Photo)
FILE- This combo image made of file photos from Feb. 5, 2005 in Los Angeles, left, and Feb. 15, 2012 in New York, right, shows TV personality Star Jones. Jones, who underwent open heart surgery three years ago at age 47 and now urges awareness about heart disease among black women, was met by an overflow crowd earlier this year when she convened a Congressional Black Caucus Foundation panel on black women and obesity. (AP Photos, File)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today:
1. THE WILD CARD IN THE 'FISCAL CLIFF' SHOWDOWN
Lawmakers fear that unpredictable financial markets could trigger a panicky sell-off if a deal isn't reached.
2. MEXICO MOURNING A SUPERSTAR
Jenni Rivera, whose soulful voice sold more than 15 million records, is presumed dead in a plane crash.
3. DRAFT CHARTER POLARIZES EGYPT
A proposed constitution divides the country, with Morsi and his Islamist backers in one camp; secularists and leftists in the other.
4. SPECIAL OPS CASUALTY IN RESCUE
A U.S. service member was killed during the Afghanistan mission that freed an American doctor.
5. BOARDWALKS WITHOUT THE BOARDS AFTER SANDY
Some New Jersey shore towns are debating whether to use synthetic materials instead of wood. New York City will rebuild with concrete.
6. WHAT BLACK WOMEN ARE DOING TO FIGHT OBESITY
Spelman College disbanded its NCAA teams to focus on campus wellness and two cousins started black women's running groups across the U.S.
7. COURT DATE IN NYC HOTEL MAID'S SUIT VS. STRAUSS-KAHN
The former IMF chief won't attend a New York City hearing at 2 p.m. to discuss a settlement in a sex assault case with a hotel housekeeper.
8. FAMILY MASSACRE AT INDIAN RESERVATION
California police say a man killed his mother, 8-year-old daughter and two uncles before dying in a shootout with police.
9. MYSTERY OF MANDELA'S ILLNESS
The 94-year-old former South African president is hospitalized for undisclosed reasons.
10. AN APOLOGY BEFORE 'CHRISTMAS IN WASHINGTON' CONCERT
Before appearing, 'Gangnam Style' rapper PSY said he was sorry for rants against U.S. troops.
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