10 things to know for Thursday, Oct. 11

By The Associated Press
Thursday, October 11, 2012

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

1. FIRST TO BE DEBATED: WEDDING GUEST LIST
  Before the vice presidential candidates face off at 7 p.m., moderator Martha Raddatz of ABC News is scrutinized for inviting Obama to her 1991 wedding. DEBATE RADDATZ

2. WHERE MEXICAN METH IS MAKING INROADS
The drug made in factory-like “super labs” now accounts for as much as 80 percent of the U.S. market. MEXICAN METH

3. WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE THE DOPE ON LANCE ARMSTRONG
A report shows that 11 former teammates helped build the case against the dethroned Tour de France king. ARMSTRONG-DOPING

4. PANDA CUB’S POST-MORTEMWashington’s National Zoo plans to reveal at 8 a.m. the cause of the 6-day-old bear’s surprise death. NATIONAL ZOO-PANDA

5. WHY MORE ANTARCTIC ICE MAY BE SIGN OF GLOBAL WARMING
Experts say shifts in wind patterns and a giant ozone hole — both related to human activity — are probably the cause. ANTARCTIC ICE

6. ‘CAMEL BATTLE’ ORGANIZERS ACQUITTED
The 24 were accused in one of the most dramatic attacks on protesters in last year’s Egyptian uprising, in which assailants on horses and dromedaries charged into crowds in Tahrir Square, killing nearly a dozen people. EGYPT-CAMEL BATTLE

7. WHAT IRAN’S SPY AGENCY SAYS ABOUT THE U.S.
The Intelligence Ministry’s website appeals for tips and mocks America’s rising obesity rate, large prison population and school shootings. IRAN-SPIES ONLINE

8. EAT CHOCOLATE, WIN A NOBEL
A comparison of per-capita chocolate consumption found “a surprisingly powerful correlation” with the number of prizes a country had won. NOBEL-CHOCOLATE

9. JUSTIN BIEBER’S STAR-SPANGLED FAMILY TREE
The teen idol’s distant relatives include Ryan Gosling, Avril Lavigne and Celine Dion, according to genealogists at Ancestry.com. JUSTIN BIEBER-RELATIVES

10. MAYBE GET MARRIED, MAYBE BUY A LOTTERY TICKET
Or maybe just set your alarm clock for 07:08:09 on 10-11-12. “But there is no cosmic significance,” one expert says of Thursday’s date. 10-11-12