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

1. WHO COMMANDED DESERT STORM

"Stormin' Norman" Schwarzkopf, who commanded the U.S.-led coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991, dies at 78.

2. WHERE THERE'S STILL NO SIGN OF COMPROMISE

Democrats and Republicans remain snarled across a partisan divide, showing no sign of reaching a deal to avoid year-end tax increases and spending cuts.

3. THEY'RE DITCHING THE STOCK MARKET

With distrust of Wall Street growing, ordinary Americans are selling off stocks for a fifth year in a row.

4. WHY HE WANTS TO PACK A GUN

English teacher Kevin Leatherbarrow favors carrying a weapon to school, saying "we're sitting ducks" in the event of an attack like the one that occurred in Newtown, Conn.

5. DEMANDING AN INVESTIGATION

Egypt's chief prosecutor orders a probe into allegations that opposition leaders committed treason by inciting supporters to overthrow President Morsi.

6. STORM REACHES NORTHEAST

A muted version of a winter storm that has killed more than a dozen people in its journey across the eastern half of the country hits New England. Continued...