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

1. BROTHERHOOD LEADER DETAINED IN EGYPT  Mohammed Badie was captured in Cairo after the possibility of the release of jailed ex-president Hosni Mubarak threw the country into more turmoil. EGYPT

2. WHAT COULD FURTHER COMPLICATE US TIES  The possible release of Mubarak, who the U.S. supported for nearly three decades before his removal, as Obama struggles to develop a coherent policy on Egypt. UNITED STATES-EGYPT

3. EX-PAKISTANI LEADER CHARGED WITH ASSASSINATION  A court indicted former president Pervez Musharraf on murder charges in the 2007 death of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. PAKISTAN-MUSHARRAF

4. VICTIMS OF AFGHAN MASSACRE TO FACE BALES  The U.S. soldier's sentencing hearing beginning today will feature testimony from villagers flown in to describe the March 2012 raid that left 16 dead. AFGHANISTAN MASSACRE

5. FLOODING SUBMERGES PHILIPPINES CAPITAL  More than half of Manila is underwater, trapping tens of thousands and suspending all work in the city. PHILIPPINES-FLOODS

6. SETTLEMENT TALKS FOR SAN DIEGO MAYOR  Bob Filner wasn't seen at work at City Hall yesterday and hasn't announced resignation plans, but has begun negotiations In a sex harassment claim against him. SAN DIEGO MAYOR

7. WHERE YOU LIVE CAN UP YOUR TRANSPLANT CHANCES  Doctors are proposing that organ networks redistrict maps that put patients in line for liver transplants, saying people in some states who are sicker have to wait much longer than others. HEALTHBEAT-LIVER TRANSPLANTS

8. AL-JAZEERA AMERICA HOPING TO WOO US VIEWERS  The news channel, which debuts today, says it will offer a bolder-but-less-opinionated alternative to other networks. AL-JAZEERA AMERICA

9. DISNEY ACTOR COMMITS SUICIDE  Lee Thompson Young, the teen star of "The Famous Jet Jackson" who also appeared in "Friday Night Lights" and "Rizzoli & Isles," was 29. OBIT-LEE THOMPSON YOUNG

10. A-ROD'S LAWYER DECLINES MLB'S CHALLENGE  The attorney rejects a call to waive his client's confidentiality and release the evidence that triggered Rodriguez's 211-game drug suspension. RODRIGUEZ-LAWYER

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