FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2011, file photo, office workers gather on the sidewalk in downtown Washington moments after a earthquake shook the nation's capitol. The unexpected jolt cracked the Washington Monument in spots and toppled delicate masonry high atop the National Cathedral. The shaking was felt far along the densely populated Eastern seaboard from Georgia to New England. While West Coast earthquake veterans scoffed at what they viewed as only a moderate temblor, last year?s quake has forever changed the way officials along the East Coast view emergency preparedness. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2011, file photo, office workers gather on the sidewalk in downtown Washington moments after a earthquake shook the nation's capitol. The unexpected jolt cracked the Washington Monument in spots and toppled delicate masonry high atop the National Cathedral. The shaking was felt far along the densely populated Eastern seaboard from Georgia to New England. While West Coast earthquake veterans scoffed at what they viewed as only a moderate temblor, last year?s quake has forever changed the way officials along the East Coast view emergency preparedness. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Visitors to the Philadelphia Zoo look at a young orangoutang climbing in a protected path Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, in Philadelphia. The zoo is in the process of building a trail network that will allow animals from similar habitats to travel among the exhibits. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Dr. Rick Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center, shows some of the possible trajectories tropical storm Isaac could develop in the coming days, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. As of 11:00 AM tropical storm Isaac's location 15.9 degrees north, 59.3 degrees west, about 140 miles east of Guadeloupe, maximum sustained winds 45 mph, present movement west or 280 degrees at 21 mph. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):
1. BEFORE RAPE-PREGNANCY UPROAR, AKIN HAD LOW PROFILE
The Missouri congressman and his wife home-schooled their six children; in the House, he's always been an outsider.
2. INMATES AND THEIR KEEPERS ACCUSED IN DRUG RING
Indictment says guards smuggled in cellphones that prisoners used to coordinate meth and heroin operation.
3. MICHELLE OBAMA VISITS SIKH TEMPLE WHERE SIX WERE KILLED
Her early afternoon visit builds on an outpouring of support for the worshippers from around the world.
4. HOW AN EARTHQUAKE SHOOK UP EAST COAST RESPONSE PLANS
A year after a magnitude-5.8 tremor rocked the region, state officials have revisited emergency preparedness policies.
5. WHY 'NONE OF THE ABOVE' WON'T BE ON NEVADA BALLOT
A judge says the option's invalid because it wouldn't count in the tallies that determine winners.
6. BATTLE POSSIBLE OVER SEAL'S BOOK ON BIN LADEN RAID
U.S. military says it doesn't believe "No Easy Day," a first-hand account, has been cleared by the Pentagon.
7. OBAMA SAYS AKIN 'SOMEHOW MISSED SCIENCE CLASS'
The president uses the congressman's "legitimate rape" comment to argue that some people have a "desire to go backwards."
8. IF YOU COULD WALK WITH THE ANIMALS
You nearly can at the Philadelphia Zoo, where apes travel on protected paths above their human visitors.
9. ISLANDERS GET READY FOR TROPICAL STORMS
Haiti and the Dominican Republic await Isaac as it approaches hurricane strength while Taiwan braces for Typhoon Tembin.
10. ON THE MARKET: JEFFREY DAHMER'S CHILDHOOD HOME
The house ? offered for $329,000 in Bath, Ohio ? is where the serial killer murdered his first of 17 victims.
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