Pussy Riot punk group supporters place masks on a monument to WWII heroes to resemble Pussy Riot members, at an underground station in Moscow on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. Three group members who were jailed in March following a guerrilla performance denouncing President Vladimir Putin in Moscow's main cathedral have unwillingly emerged as vivid ? and very different ? characters. They await a verdict Friday on charges of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred. (AP Photo/Yevgeny Feldman, Novaya Gazeta)
Pussy Riot punk group supporters place masks on a monument to WWII heroes to resemble Pussy Riot members, at an underground station in Moscow on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. Three group members who were jailed in March following a guerrilla performance denouncing President Vladimir Putin in Moscow's main cathedral have unwillingly emerged as vivid ? and very different ? characters. They await a verdict Friday on charges of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred. (AP Photo/Yevgeny Feldman, Novaya Gazeta)
In this Wednesday, Aug, 8, 2012 photo, Misquamicut, R.I., Fire Chief Louis Misto, left, holds a line attached to the EMILY remote-control lifesaving device as it propels itself in the water and away from the shore at Old Town Beach, in Westerly, R.I. EMILY, an acronym for Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard, is a small watercraft fitted with a flotation device and can go up to 22 mph, allowing it to get to people more quickly, and in some cases more safely, than any human. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith)
In this April 27, 2012 photo, Pebble Technology founder Eric Migicovsky poses for a portrait wearing the Pebble watch, in New York. In April, three-person startup Pebble Technology sought to raise $100,000 to make the programmable wristwatch. Donors on Kickstarter showered them with more than a hundred times that amount: $10.3 million. Kickstarter is at the center of a new phenomenon known as ?crowdfunding? in which donors contribute small portions of money to get a project off the ground. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):
1. PUTIN-PROTESTING PUSSY RIOT GETTING VERDICT
Around the world, the punk rockers' supporters plan to rally right before today's ruling.
2. THE SECRET BEHIND ROMNEY'S TWITTER POPULARITY
Some are questioning whether his more than 861,000 followers are for real.
3. A LOOK AT THE MOTIVATION FOR ECUADOR TO PROTECT ASSANGE
Offering asylum to the man responsible for the biggest-ever spilling of U.S. secrets was apparently too attractive for President Rafael Correa to resist.
4. WHEN HUMANS CAN'T SAVE YOU, IT'S EMILY TO THE RESCUE
The remote-controlled craft with a flotation device is being used by lifeguards on the "Baywatch" beaches in California.
5. CAMPERS: BE WARY OF MORE THAN BEARS
Rodents at popular Yosemite lodging spot may have spread rare and fatal virus.
6. FELLOW BIPOLAR SUFFERER KENNEDY VISITS JESSE JACKSON JR.
The ex-congressman from Rhode Island says his colleague's deep depression will take lots of work to manage.
7. HOW A 297-POUND 12-YEAR-OLD FEELS AFTER PEEWEE FOOTBALL BAN
"I'm not sad, I'm mad that I don't get to play."
8. TIMEPIECE MAKER WATCHES AS PLEA FOR $100,000 NETS HIM $10.3 MILLION
The founder of Pebble Technology discovered the joy of crowdfunding.
9. WHY ROBERT PATTINSON ACCEPTED 'COSMOPOLIS' ROLE
He looked up director David Cronenberg on Rotten Tomatoes "and it was like 98 percent approval."
10. MOM SAYS HER AUTISTIC SON WAS TURNED DOWN FOR HEART TRANSPLANT
An expert on medical ethics says this is why more people need to sign organ donor cards
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