10 things you need to know today: September 11, 2012

Candidates eschew politics on 9/11, the Chicago teachers strike enters day two, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

Thousands of Chicago public school teachers and their supporters march through the Loop on Sept. 10: More than 26,000 teachers and support staff hit the picket lines in Chicago this week.
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1. ROMNEY AND OBAMA ESCHEW POLITICS ON 9/11 ANNIVERSARY

President Obama and Mitt Romney are steering clear of politics on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, with both candidates temporarily taking down their negative ads on Tuesday. Obama has scheduled a moment of silence at the White House and a visit to the Pentagon, the target of one of four planes that al Qaeda hijacked during the brazen attacks in 2001. Romney will be in Nevada on Tuesday to address the National Guard, whose members were sent abroad as part of the U.S. response to the attacks. [Associated Press]

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