Top Stories: Clashes In Egypt; Attack In Nigeria

By Mark Memmott

Published July 6, 2013 at 8:54 AM EDT

Good morning.

Our early headlines:

-- After Deadly Clashes, A Tense Cairo Braces For More Violence.

-- If Snowden Tries To Get To Latin America, Cuba Could Be Key.

Other top stories:

-- " 'Dozens Dead' In School Attack In Nigeria's Yobe State." (BBC News)

-- "Man Found With Firebombs Had Maps To 3 Seattle Colleges." (The Seattle Times)

-- At George Zimmerman's Trial, Mothers Of Victim, Shooter Disagree About Whose Voice Is On Recording. (The Orlando Sentinel)

-- "It's H-Town For Howard." Houston Rockets Land Center Dwight Howard. (Houston Chronicle)

-- "Solar Powered Plane On Final Leg Of Flight To NYC." (The Associated Press)

Mark Memmott

Mark Memmott is NPR's supervising senior editor for Standards & Practices. In that role, he's a resource for NPR's journalists – helping them raise the right questions as they do their work and uphold the organization's standards.

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