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• The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):
• 1. CLASHES RAGE IN ALEPPO DESPITE REGIME CLAIMS
• While the state-run media reported Syrian government troops had control of the area, rebels forces are still battling in the city.
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• 2. OBAMA WON'T WAIT FOR ROMNEY'S PICK TO TRASH POSSIBLE VP CANDIDATES
• Democrats are already pointing out the shortcomings of Pawlenty, Portman, Rubio and Christie before the Republican presidential candidate even names his running mate.
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• 3. MURDER TRIAL ENDS FOR WIFE OF DISGRACED CHINESE POLITICIAN
• Evidence given in a closed trial said Gu Kailai invited a British businessman to a hotel room, where she got him drunk and fed him poison, but a verdict has not been announced.
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• 4. NEWS GROUPS HEAD TO COURT FOR RELEASE OF DATA ON COLORADO SHOOTER

• At a 3:30 p.m. hearing, the organizations hope to scale back a gag order in the case against the suspect in the theater massacre.
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• 5. WHY LIVESTOCK RANCHERS ARE AT ODDS WITH CORN FARMERS
• An EPA ethanol production requirement is making costs for corn too expensive because a drought destroyed other crops used for feeding cattle, chickens and pigs.
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• 6. DRY SUMMER IS BAD NEWS FOR BEARS
• With incidents of bears breaking into stores in New York and Colorado, it seems the drought is forcing them to come to populated areas for food.
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• 7. HOW JAPAN MARKS THE 67TH ANNIVERSARY OF NAGASAKI A-BOMB ATTACK
• Japanese officials say they will strive to be less reliant on nuclear energy.
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