Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday:
1. ALL ABOARD THE BRAVES BANDWAGON
Premium content: The extraordinary performance of the Braves in the second half of the season — 19-6 entering Wednesday night's game with Philadelphia — has generated a hum of excitement among their followers, boosting ticket sales and attendance and raising the prospect of October glory. | PHOTOS: Braves beat the Phillies
2. STATE AG CALLS SACS 'VAGUE, LACKING'
Premium content: Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens on Wednesday asked the head of the company that accredits public schools to provide more information on how investigations into troubled school systems are conducted. | MORE: School watchdog's clout praised, questioned
A crackdown by riot police in Cairo on Muslim Brotherhood protest sites leads to hundreds of deaths. | SPECIAL SECTION: Egypt in Transition | VIDEO: Cleanup Begins at Cairo's Rabaa Sit-in
After an initial negotiating session, the two sides agree to meet weekly from here on, an official says.
Jihadist technology may now be so sophisticated, experts say, that messages aren't being detected even by NSA programs designed to uncover terror plots. | MORE: Online forums provide key havens for terror plots
6. DRUID HILLS 'CLUSTER' VOTE TURNOUT QUESTIONED
Premium content: Parents, teachers and administrators at seven DeKalb County schools veritably shouted that they want more local control when they voted overwhelmingly to establish the first charter school "cluster" in Georgia. | GET SCHOOLED: Druid Hills charter cluster vote: Proceed... but with caution
The civil rights leader's son expresses regret in court for spending $750,000 in campaign funds on things like Rolex watches and appliances. | VIDEO: 30 months in prison for Jesse Jackson Jr.
"His fear of pain was incredible," a tearful Debbie Rowe testifies in a court case involving the doctor convicted of giving the entertainer an overdose. | VIDEO: Jackson's ex-wife testifies
The Americans run their win streak to 12 games — the longest current streak in the world — by downing Bosnia-Herzegovina, 4-3.
10. NO DISTRESS CALLS MADE BEFORE FATAL UPS PLANE CRASH
Airport neighbors report "it looked like the sun was coming up because of the fire on the hill," after fatal crash in Birmingham. | Photos | MORE: Historic crash photos
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