Monday,  August 27, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 043 • 25 of 34 •  Other Editions

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• Forecasters predict the tropical storm will gradually intensify into a Category 2 hurricane and strike Wednesday between Morgan City, La., and Destin, Fla.

• 3. PARENTS URGED TO CIRCUMCISE NEWBORNS
• AP Medical Writer Lindsey Tanner reports that an influential pediatricians group says the health benefits of circumcision in newborn boys outweigh any risks and insurance companies should pay for it.

• 4. WHAT POLITICAL CONVENTIONS MEAN NOW
• AP's Senior Managing Editor Michael Oreskes explores how nominees use these gatherings to woo less partisan voters who usually decide the election.

• 5. ONCE AN INNOVATOR, HP LOOKING BEHIND THE TIMES
• PC maker Hewlett-Packard, coming off a five-year stretch of miscalculations, is in such desperate need of a reboot that many investors are writing off its chances of a comeback.

• 6. WHAT IRAQIS ARE CHEWING ON
• Baghdadis are witnessing a wave of new American-style restaurants, enticing customers hungry for alternatives to traditional foods. And big multinational chains are not the ones driving the fad.

• 7. WHY AMERICAN TALIBAN SAYS PRISON POLICY IS UNJUST
• John Walker Lindh, charged with supporting terrorists, is going to court because he can't pray with a group each day.

• 8. NTSB TO SAY WHAT WENT WRONG AT RENO AIR SHOW
• At 9:30 a.m., federal investigators will determine the cause of the deadly 2011 crash of a modified World War II-era fighter plane into a spectator area in Reno, Nev.

• 9. HOW SOME WOMEN IN TOGO PLAN TO APPLY POLITICAL PRESSURE
• They're calling for a weeklong sex strike starting today to demand the president's resignation.

• 10. TENNIS'S FINAL MAJOR GETS UNDER WAY
• Defending champion Samantha Stosur kicks off the U.S. Open in a match

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