Saeb Erekat, right, Palestinian chief negotiator and Mohammad I. Shtayyeh, left, Minister Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction, arrive at the State Department in Washington, Monday, July 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Saeb Erekat, right, Palestinian chief negotiator and Mohammad I. Shtayyeh, left, Minister Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction, arrive at the State Department in Washington, Monday, July 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
FILE - In this July 9, 2013 file photo, FBI Director nominee James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate is expected to confirm Comey to head the FBI, despite a leading conservative?s demands for more information on the Obama administration?s domestic use of drones. Senators planned to vote Monday on whether to block delaying tactics against Comey?s nomination. Lawmakers were expected to end those delays, with final approval of his nomination likely late Monday or Tuesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
In this 2012 photo provided by 5gyres.org, Sherri Mason, right, a chemist with State University of New York at Fredonia and one of the project leaders, works aboard a research vessel on Lake Erie with a device that skims the water surface collecting samples in finely meshed netting. Scientists discovered masses of floating plastic particles in Lakes Superior, Huron and Erie last year. This summer, they?re widening the search to Lakes Michigan and Ontario. They are trying to determine whether fish are eating the particles, which may come from city wastewater, and passing them up the food chain to humans. (AP Photo/Courtesy 5gyres.org)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:
1. FAMILIAR FACES, HOPEFULLY DIFFERENT OUTCOME IN MIDEAST TALKS
Several of the envoys and negotiators involved in the latest attempt to resume peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians are veterans of prior efforts.
2. WIKILEAKS LEAKER MANNING TO LEARN FATE
A military judge will announce her verdict Tuesday for the soldier charged with aiding the enemy, theft and federal Espionage Act violations.
3. WHO WAS SINGLE 'NO' VOTE IN FBI NOMINEE'S CONFIRMATION?
Republican Sen. Rand Paul voted against James Comey after delaying the vote for weeks over concerns about the FBI's use of drones.
4. WHAT POPE SAYS ABOUT GAY CLERGY
The pontiff says gay priests shouldn't be marginalized and he's in no position to judge them.
5. WHICH SMOKERS SHOULD GET LUNG CANCER SCREENINGS
A health panel says people 55-79 who've been pack-a-day smokers the equivalent of 30 years should get annual CT scans.
6. FBI'S LARGEST CHILD PROSTITUTION SWEEP
Agents rescue 105 young people and arrest 150 alleged pimps in 76 cities.
7. US: NSA DIDN'T MONITOR REPORTER OR AFGHAN SOURCES
New Zealand journalist says his reporting was monitored by the U.S. intelligence programs Edward Snowden revealed.
8. WHERE 'STAND YOUR GROUND' FACES CHALLENGE
The mother of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin joins with a group of lawyers who seek to repeal the state's self-defense statute.
9. CANNY, QUICK, LOGISTICALLY SIMPLE $136M JEWEL HEIST
The solitary thief who made off with a fortune in diamonds from a Cannes hotel pulled it off in about a minute, with no shots fired, says prosecutor.
10. ANOTHER POTENTIAL GREAT LAKES THREAT
Untold millions of plastic litter bits, some microscopic, could contaminate the fish that ingest them ? and people who eat the fish.
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