10 Things to Know for Thursday

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

1. ANARCHY IN LIBYA FUELS BOOM IN MIGRANT SMUGGLING

With no central authority to stop it, trafficking is booming, with smugglers charging ever more as demand goes up.

2. LAWMAKERS LEARN HOW SLAVERY IS THRIVING IN SEAFOOD INDUSTRY

Thai fishing is rife with forced labor, both on the high seas and in processing plants, an expert tells a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee.

3. LAWYERS FOR TSARNAEV RELEASE VIDEO OF HIS GESTURE AT JAIL SURVEILLANCE CAMERA

They say the photo of the Boston Marathon bomber giving the finger was taken out of context, and that he was acting like a regular teenager.

The vote also ends a tortuous partisan standoff over abortion that had delayed confirmation of President Barack Obama's attorney general nominee.

5. 14-YEAR-OLD MEXICAN GIRL IS RETURNED TO HER FAMILY AFTER DNA TESTS DISPROVE WOMAN'S CLAIM

Alondra Luna Nunez had been sent from Mexico to Houston, where a woman had claimed she was her missing daughter.

6. WHAT UNEXPECTED SIDE EFFECT HAS BEEN CAUSED BY OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE LAW

In some states, it appears to be enticing more Americans to apply for food stamps, even as the economy improves.

Awards could reach $1 million to $5 million for those diagnosed in their 30s and 40s with Parkinson's disease or Lou Gehrig's disease, or for deaths involving chronic brain trauma.

8. COURT THROWS OUT BARRY BONDS' CONVICTION FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

His meandering answer before a grand jury in 2003, the judge said, was not material to the government's investigation into illegal steroids.

9. WHO IS OFFERING A NEW WIRELESS SERVICE

Google's project is a bid to pressure major carriers such as AT&T and Verizon Wireless into lowering their prices.