Emergency and Power Crews block Woodbridge Road near Saddie Road outside Stantonsburg, N.C. Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012 after a powerful storm tore through Wilson County with high winds, and torrential rain. Officials say all electrical customers in both Stantonsburg, and Saratoga are without power due to several broken power poles, and down lines. (AP Photo/The Wilson Times, Brad Coville)
Emergency and Power Crews block Woodbridge Road near Saddie Road outside Stantonsburg, N.C. Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012 after a powerful storm tore through Wilson County with high winds, and torrential rain. Officials say all electrical customers in both Stantonsburg, and Saratoga are without power due to several broken power poles, and down lines. (AP Photo/The Wilson Times, Brad Coville)
FILE - In a Tuesday, June 12, 2012 file photo, former President George H.W. Bush, and his wife, former first lady Barbara Bush, arrive for the premiere of HBO's new documentary on his life near the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine. Bush spokesman Jim McGrath said Wednesday, Dec. 26. 2012 that doctors at the Houston hospital where Bush has been treated for a month remain ?cautiously optimistic? that he will recover. Still, no discharge date has been set, and McGrath says that doctors are being cautious because at Bush?s age ?sometimes issues crop up that are beyond anybody?s ability to discern or foretell.?(AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
FILE - In this June 17, 2010 file photo, former South African President, Nelson Mandela leaves the chapel after attending the funeral of his great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mandela was released Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012 from the hospital after being treated for a lung infection and having gallstones removed, a government spokesman said. (AP Photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, Pool, File)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about Thursday:
1. A FORMER PRESIDENT IS AILING
George H.W. Bush is in intensive care at a Houston hospital, where his fever has worsened and doctors have put him on a liquid diet.
2. AND A SOUTH AFRICAN LEADER IS BETTER
Nelson Mandela, 94, was released from the hospital after nearly a month of treatment for a lung infection and gallstones.
3. TWO SIGNS OF A WEAKENING ASSAD REGIME
Syria's chief of military police defects to the opposition and a wounded interior minister returns from Beirut.
4. HOLIDAY STORM MOVES NORTH AS DEATH TOLL RISES
At least six died after the storm brought tornadoes, heavy snow and cancelled hundreds offlights.
5. A $1B SETTLEMENT FOR TOYOTA DRIVERS
The agreement over acceleration problems with the Prius is the largest in U.S. history.
6. OBAMA RETURNS TO TALK 'FISCAL CLIFF'
But no new negotiations are scheduled to avert the end-of-the-week economy-threatening deadline.
7. WHY SURVIVORS OF NY SHOOTING ARE THANKFUL
The two firefighters say they have received lots of support as they recover from an ambush by an ex-convict in Webster.
8. THE TEACHER IS PACKING
More than 200 Utah educators are expected to pack a convention hall Thursday for six hours of concealed-weapons training.
9. WHO HAWAII'S NEW SENATOR WILL BE
Brian Schatz, Hawaii's lieutenant governor, was just chosen by Gov. Neil Abercrombie to succeed the late Sen. Daniel Inouye.
10. 1,400 MILES IN EIGHT HOURS
That's the ground you'll cover if you take the world's longest high-speed train line, connecting Beijing and Guangzhou in China.
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