Syria — Secretary of State Kerry seeks to assure parties as peace talks near.
Thailand — 22 protestors injured in bomb blast.
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) to leave office by the end of the year.
David Wildstein, N.J. bridge scandal figure, will sing in exchange for immunity.
R.I.P. Russell Johnson, 89, the professor of Gilligan’s Island; Dave Madden, 83, of The Partridge Family.
Coffee to go — Korean community in New York City to consider boycotting McDonald’s.