Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (all times EDT): 1. REPUBLICANS OPEN TO TALKS ON HOLDER CONTEMPT VOTE Potential constitutional confrontation in Fast and Furious documents case could end before vote. 2. OBAMA'S LEAD IS LOST TO VOTERS' ECONOMIC CONCERNS AP poll finds that a majority of Americans disapproves of the president's handling of the economy. 3. AND TO EDGE OUT OBAMA AMONG LATINOS, ROMNEY TARGETS THEM WITH ECONOMIC MESSAGE With an unclear immigration policy, the GOP presumptive nominee is seeking valuable Hispanic votes using the economy as a pitch. 4. DEFENSE RESTS WITHOUT CALLING SANDUSKY Closing arguments will wrap up a week of often graphic testimonies in the Penn State abuse trial. 5. RED CROSS WILL START ATTEMPTING TO EVACUATE HOMS RESIDENTS Assad government has approved relief operation in restive town. 6. AI WEIWEI WILL BE FREE TO TRAVEL AROUND CHINA BUT NOT ABROAD Beijing authorities will return the renowned artist's passport only on the condition that he not travel outside the country. 7. TITLE IX CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY AND FEMALE ATHLETES ALL OVER AMERICA HAVE REASON TO CELEBRATE Although they might not know what Title IX is, girls' athletic achievements in recent decades owe much to it. 8. PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT RUSHES TO REPLACE OUSTED PRIME MINISTER To quell fears of showdown with judiciary, ruling party picks outgoing textiles minister as PM candidate. 9. URUGUAY MULLING A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF MARIJUANA SALES The move is eliciting responses ranging from support to criticism and humor. 10. WORLD-FAMOUS SPORTS ARTIST LEROY NEIMAN DIES His talent in capturing the kinetic energy of sports enthralled audiences across cultures.
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U.S. President Barack Obama, right, reacts while listening to Russia's President Vladimir Putin before the opening of the first plenary session of the G-20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, Monday, June 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
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This product rendering released by Microsoft shows Surface, a 9.3 millimeter thick tablet with a kickstand to hold it upright and keyboard that is part of the device's cover. It weighs under 1.5 pounds. The device is part of the software company’s effort to compete with Apple Inc. and its popular iPad tablet computer. (AP Photo/Microsoft)
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Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, center leaves federal court with his wife Debbie Clemens, left, and others, Monday, June 18, 2012 in Washington after his acquittal on charges of lying to Congress in 2008 when he denied ever using performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, takes a walk with his wife Ann, on the beach after a campaign stop at Holland State Park on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 in Holland, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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FILE - In this Saturday, June 2, 2012 file photo, Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak lays on a gurney inside a barred cage in the police academy courthouse in Cairo, Egypt. An Egyptian prison official says Hosni Mubarak’s health has taken a turn to the worst and is likely to be moved out of his prison hospital to a military facility nearby. The official said Tuesday doctors reported that the 84-year old former president has fallen unconscious. He said they have used a defibrillator to restart his heart, and have been administering breathing aid. (AP Photo, File)
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A cyclist passes a cycle hire centre on a canal side cycle path in London, Thursday, May 24, 2012. There are many cycle paths across London that can be used to travel the capital. Like a runner or a swimmer, you would need to be physically fit. Like a goalie or a boxer, you should be prepared for close calls. But if you are coming to London's Summer Olympics _ and you have what it takes _ using a bicycle could be a great option in a city bracing for gridlock. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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In a May 22, 2012 photo, Aly Marzonie, right, and Rachel Shellenback, second from right, team captains of the New Trier High School girls' soccer team, kick a ball with teammates as they prepare for a game in the Illinois High School Association girls' soccer tournament in Skokie, Ill. Girls like those on the New Trier soccer team are reaping the benefits of Title IX, the federal amendment that opened up sports opportunities to girls and women 40 years ago. But some say there's still more progress to be made for girls in sports. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
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Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., right, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, manages a series of amendments as they consider a vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the ranking member, watches from left. In a showdown with President Barack Obama's administration, House Republicans had pressed for more Justice Department documents on the flawed gun-smuggling probe known as Operation Fast and Furious that resulted in hundreds of guns illicitly purchased in Arizona gun shops winding up in the hands of Mexican drug cartels. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Wednesday, June 20, 2012. The defense rested Wednesday without calling Sandusky to the stand. Closing arguments are set for Thursday morning. Sandusky is charged with 51 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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