10 things to know for Wednesday

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013

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Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor gives her opening statement on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this July 13, 2009 file photo taken during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The National Rifle Association now has added a lesser-known strategy to protect its interests: opposing President Barack Obama's judicial nominees whom it sees as likely to enforce gun-control laws. In some cases, the group’s opposition has kept jobs on federal benches unfilled. The NRA opposed both Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan and warned its allies in Congress that their votes to confirm each would be held against them.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1.WHERE THE NRA IS FOCUSING GUN RIGHTS FIGHT

The group is opposing Obama's judicial nominees seen as likely to enforce stronger gun control laws. Click here for story

2. MONTHS OF PREPARATION FOR THE COLORADO THEATER SHOOTING

Police testified James Holmes bought tear gas grenades two months before the rampage that killed 12 and chemicals to booby-trap his apartment. Click here for story

3. A SYRIAN PRISONER SWAP

Rebels freed 48 Iranians held captive since August for more than 2,000 Syrians in what appeared to be the first prisoner swap of the civil war. Click here for story

4. HOTTEST. YEAR. EVER.

U.S. temperatures were off the charts during 2012, a year marked by drought and a barely there winter. Click here for story

5. WHAT THE US SEES IN PHOTOS OF MISSING INVESTIGATOR

Intelligence officials tell the AP Iran was behind images and video sent to the family of ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared in 2007. Click here for story

6. SIRI, WHAT SHOULD I WATCH?

TVs of the future will respond to voice commands, allowing viewers to chuck the remote. Click here for story

7. ARMSTRONG AGREES TO TALK ABOUT DOPING

The interview with Oprah Winfrey addressing charges he used performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career will air Jan. 17. Click here for story

8. WHY YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF KANAKANAVU

There are only 10 speakers on the planet of the aboriginal language from Taiwan. Click here for story

9. TWITTER EXPLODES OVER 'BAMA QB'S GIRLFRIEND

Ex-Miss Alabama Katherine Webb now has more followers than boyfriend AJ McCarron after ESPN cameras lingered on her at the championship game.

10. WHO'S NOMINATED FOR THE BRITISH 'OSCARS'

"Lincoln" led with 10 nominations, "Les Miserables" and "Life of Pi" nabbed nine each in the British Academy Film Awards race. Click here for story

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