FILE - In this Tuesday, May 22, 2012, file photo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer waits his turn to deliver a speech during Seoul Digital Forum in Seoul, South Korea. Ballmer can't afford to be wrong about Windows 8. If the dramatic overhaul of the Windows operating system flops, it will reinforce perceptions that Microsoft is falling behind other technology giants as the world moves on to smartphones, tablets and other sleek devices from Apple, Google and Amazon. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
FILE - In this Tuesday, May 22, 2012, file photo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer waits his turn to deliver a speech during Seoul Digital Forum in Seoul, South Korea. Ballmer can't afford to be wrong about Windows 8. If the dramatic overhaul of the Windows operating system flops, it will reinforce perceptions that Microsoft is falling behind other technology giants as the world moves on to smartphones, tablets and other sleek devices from Apple, Google and Amazon. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
In this image made available by the Oregon Health & Science University, a faint white blotch in the tube at right is DNA that has been removed from a human egg, center. The red dot is from a laser used in the procedure. Scientists have successfully transplanted DNA between human eggs and grown them into early embryos. Someday that technique that may let children avoid inheriting certain diseases - and give them genes from another woman besides Mom. (AP Photo/Oregon Health & Science University)
Waves, brought by Hurricane Sandy, crash on a house in the Caribbean Terrace neighborhood in eastern Kingston, Jamaica, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Hurricane Sandy pounded Jamaica with heavy rain as it headed for landfall near the country's most populous city on a track that would carry it across the Caribbean island to Cuba, and a possible threat to Florida. (AP Photo/Collin Reid)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about on Thursday:
1. GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR A SYRIAN TRUCE
UN backs latest call for a cease-fire, though similar efforts have failed.
2. WHY ABORTION IS BACK IN POLITICAL FOREFRONT
Republicans in close races rush to disavow an Indiana Senate candidate's comment that when a woman becomes pregnant during a rape, "that's something God intended."
3. THIS TIME, IT'S PERSONAL
CEO Steve Ballmer can't afford a flop when Microsoft unveils a pivotal overhaul Thursday of its Windows operating system.
4. EMBRYOS HAVE GENES FROM ONE MAN, TWO WOMEN
It's not clear if scientists' new technique will ever be used to produce children.
5. A NEW 'JIHAD' AGAINST ASSAD
Foreign Islamic militants ? many cozy with al-Qaida ? are joining rebels in Syria.
6. ISLANDS (AND GULF COAST) HUNKER DOWN
After drenching Jamaica, Hurricane Sandy charts a course for Cuba ? and possibly the Bahamas and Florida.
7. ASPIRIN BEING TESTED AS A CANCER-FIGHTER
One of the world's oldest and cheapest drugs shows promise in treating colon cancer in some patients.
8. WHAT TOM CRUISE WANTS FROM A PUBLISHER
The actor sues ? seeking $50 million ? because a magazine alleged he has deserted his 6-year-old daughter.
9. TRICK-OR-TREATERS AND THEIR KILLER COSTUMES
The goriest, most violent Halloween costumes now come in extra-small.
10. HOW 'KNOTHOLE GANG' PEEKS AT GIANTS GAMES FOR FREE
Hundreds of fans line up to take advantage of a famous hole in the stadium fence in San Francisco.
Associated Press
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