Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):
1. ANN ROMNEY TAKES A STAR TURN
Romney’s wife’s speech is the highlight of the night — and the convention erupts in cheers as she and the GOP nominee share a kiss.
2. STORM MAY LACK PUNCH — BUT ITS TIMING IS BRUTAL
Hurricane Isaac approaches New Orleans just hours shy of Katrina’s seventh anniversary.
3. AMERICA, MEET PAUL RYAN
The VP nominee will introduce himself as a product of small-town values in a speech around 10 p.m. at the GOP convention.
4. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF BIN LADEN’S DEATH IS CONTRADICTED
Former Navy SEAL says in a new book that the terror mastermind was shot on sight, rather than as he possibly reached for a weapon.
5. SQUARING OFF OVER THE NATION’S NEW FUEL ECONOMY RULES
Obama says the standards will cut U.S. dependence on foreign oil; Romney says they’ll make cars unaffordable for many.
6. TRIAL STEMMING FROM SHOCKING SEX ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS BEGINS
Opening statements are set for 10 a.m. in the case of an 11-year-old girl who prosecutors say was repeatedly abused by a group of 20 males in a small Texas town.
7. WHY ARAFAT’S 2004 DEATH IS BEING REVIEWED
The ex-Palestinian leader’s widow asked for an inquiry after a lab found a rare, radioactive substance in his clothing.
8. A NEW GDP NUMBER — AND THE MARKETS WILL BE WATCHING
The government issues its much-scrutinized estimate of economic growth for the April-June quarter at 8:30 a.m.
9. FLIGHT ATTENDANT RETIRES AFTER RECORD-SETTING 63 YEARS ALOFT
What’s he got planned? Yet more travel.
10. WILL.I.AM PREMIERES HIS NEW SINGLE — FROM MARS
NASA’s rover beams to Earth the musician’s new song. It’s the first music broadcast from another planet.
National News
August 29, 2012
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GOP questions IRS scrutiny of anti-abortion groups
When a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the Internal Revenue Service asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside Planned Parenthood and demanded to know how its prayer meetings and protest signs were educational.
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