Attorney General Eric Holder expresses disappointment in the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling in the Alabama voting rights case, Shelby County v. Holder, Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at the Justice Department in Washington. The court declared unconstitutional a provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act that determines which states and localities must get Washington's approval for proposed election changes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Attorney General Eric Holder expresses disappointment in the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling in the Alabama voting rights case, Shelby County v. Holder, Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at the Justice Department in Washington. The court declared unconstitutional a provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act that determines which states and localities must get Washington's approval for proposed election changes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
FILE - This July 28, 2010 file photo shows soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division saluting during the National Anthem during a welcome home ceremony attended by Vice President Joe Biden in Fort Drum, N.Y. In a massive restructuring, the U.S. Army is slashing the number of active duty combat brigades from 45 to 33, and shifting thousands of soldiers out of bases around the country as it moves forward with a longtime plan to cut the size of the service by 80,000. The U.S. Army plans to eliminate one of three combat brigades at northern New York's Fort Drum. (AP Photo/Heather Ainsworth, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, celebrity chef Paula Deen poses for a portrait in New York. A week after Deen's admission of using racial slurs in the past surfaced in a discrimination lawsuit, pop culture watchers, experts in managing public relations nightmares and civil rights stalwarts who have tried to help other celebrities in her position see a long, bumpy road ahead. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, File)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:
1. 'NYET' ON TURNING OVER SNOWDEN
Putin gives the first official acknowledgment of the whereabouts of NSA leaker Edward Snowden ? and promptly rejects U.S. pleas to turn him over.
2. SUPREME COURT CURBS 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT
Southern states cheer and the White House jeers as a divided court tosses a key provision of the landmark legislation.
3. HOW THE ARMY IS SCALING BACK
As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan end, military leaders say at least 12 combat brigades will be eliminated as the service moves to cut 80,000 troops.
4. WITNESS TO A TALIBAN ATTACK
AP journalist Rahim Faiez describes how a quiet spot outside the presidential palace in Kabul became, in a flash, a combat zone.
5. RULES MADE IT ROUGH FOR LAWMAKER
A state senator filibustering new abortion restrictions in Texas had to remain standing for hours and was prohibited from leaning on her desk or taking breaks.
6. CROWDS SOUND A SOUR NOTE AT HOMECOMING
Thousands of Palestinians wait in scorching heat for their new symbol of unity, "Arab Idol" winner Mohammed Assaf ? but the flags they wave show divisions persist.
7. WHO'S RUSHING TO HELP GEORGE ZIMMER
Shoppers could determine what happens next in the battle between Men's Wearhouse and the ousted pitchman, as they take to social media to threaten boycotts.
8. MILLION DIDN'T MAKE IT
The FBI is investigating the disappearance of $1.2 million from bank cash shipped from Switzerland to New York City.
9. WHERE PAULA DEEN STUMBLED IN HANDLING HER PREDICAMENT
"One of the first rules of crisis is to apologize thoroughly and completely and immediately," one PR expert says. "She didn't follow Crisis 101."
10. PHOTOGRAPHING YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT: YOU
If you're not taking "selfies," there's a good chance you're enjoying others' raunchy, goofy, poignant, sexy or drunken self-portraits.
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