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10 Things to Know for Today 11/07/2014 09:27am • The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:1. WHAT IS WASHINGTON'S BILLION-DOLLAR QUESTIONAP's Josh Lederman explores whether Obama and congressional Republicans can forestall growing dysfunction in this divided govern Paquette has 2 goals, Lightning beat Flames 5-2 11/06/2014 11:40pm • MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- A scoreless night from star Steven Stamkos was no problem for the surging Tampa Bay Lightning.Cedric Paquette scored his first two NHL goals as the Lightning completed a four-game home sweep by beating the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Thursday night.Tampa B Vonn's knee on mend, Miller's back still aching 11/06/2014 04:40pm • PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) -- Her right knee finally free of pain, Lindsey Vonn is actually considering moving up her return to racing.In pain because of a bulging disk in his back, Bode Miller is simply trying to ski through it.Two different tales to start the season fo Veterans Day Events, Closings Around Bethesda 11/06/2014 09:30am • Free ice skating rentals, a fire truck ride-along and the school system’s annual State of the Schools presentation highlight the Veterans Day-related activities happening this weekend and next week around town. The county, state and federal governments will be closed on Tuesday to observe the GOP's big election night fuels shift toward 2016 11/05/2014 03:36pm • WILL WEISSERT Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- And so it begins.Even before the polls had closed on Election Day, Republicans had shifted their focus to 2016 and the party's top target: Hillary Rodham Clinton. And by the end of the night, the GOP had claimed victories in Senate contests and go New course among big changes at Sanderson Farms 11/05/2014 03:09pm • DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Woody Austin would normally be thrilled to come back to a tournament he won in 2013.The only issue: The Sanderson Farms Championship is no longer at the same course.This year's tournament has moved about 10 miles south to the Country Club of Jacks Mark Twain's town by the river a trip back in time 11/05/2014 02:37pm • BETH J. HARPAZ AP Travel Editor HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) -- Mark Twain only lived in Hannibal, Missouri, for 13 years, but many of his most famous stories were inspired by this humble Midwestern city. A visit to Hannibal today, with its excellent museums, preserved historic sites and old-timey antiques sh Citing illness, Dunham postpones book tour stops 11/05/2014 08:42am • The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Citing illness incurred from her weeks-long book tour, Lena Dunham has postponed two appearances in Europe until early December.In a statement issued Tuesday through her publisher, Random House, Dunham said stops in Belgium and Germany originally planned for th De Blasio's plan: a steady voice in time of Ebola 11/05/2014 08:36am • JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Within hours of New York City's first confirmed Ebola case, Mayor Bill de Blasio made a point of following in the patient's footsteps: riding the subways, eating at a meatball restaurant, even visiting the hospital's isolation chamber.De Blasio's act Beijing emerges as 2022 Winter Olympics favorite 11/04/2014 07:05am • JUSTIN BERGMAN Associated Press The new front-runner to host the 2022 Winter Olympics doesn't have a long winter sports tradition. Then there's the matter of snow, or lack thereof. The mountains near Beijing where Olympic bidders want to hold skiing events receive less than a meter (3 feet) of snow Is the College Football Playoff working? 11/04/2014 12:01am • WASHINGTON -- When the College Football Playoff was announced, we believed that our long national nightmare was finally over. At long last, a true champion would be deservedly crowned. And yet, when the first set of CFP rankings was announced last Tuesday, they displayed many of the same biases Suicide attack kills nearly 54 in eastern Pakistan 11/03/2014 03:32am • ZAHEER BABAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber detonated explosives near a Pakistani paramilitary checkpoint near the country's eastern border with India on Sunday, killing at least 54 people in the deadliest attack to hit the country in several months, police and government Party leaders clash over Obama as election nears 11/03/2014 02:50am • STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Claiming new momentum 48 hours before polls open across America, Republicans on Sunday assailed President Barack Obama in a final weekend push to motivate voters as Democrats deployed their biggest stars to help preserve an endangered Senate majority Mutombo crosses marathon finish line for NBA relay 11/02/2014 08:52pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- A 24-person relay of NBA luminaries running the New York City Marathon started with a referee's whistle and ended with Dikembe Mutombo crossing the finish line in high-tops.Commissioner Adam Silver handled the first three miles, crossing the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge from Staten Isla Top-ranked Inbee Park wins LPGA Taiwan 11/02/2014 06:50am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Six days after taking the No. 1 spot in the world from Stacy Lewis, Inbee Park was a notch above the American again at Miramar.Park won the LPGA Taiwan Championship on Sunday for her third victory of the year and 12th tour title, holding off Lewis by two strokes.The 26-year-ol