Tuesday,  August 28, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 044 • 24 of 33 •  Other Editions

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• 2. A NOT-SO-HEARTY PARTY AS CLOUDS GATHER
• Politics has become an awkward enterprise at the GOP convention.

• 3. HOW ANTI-OBAMA FLICK SQUARES WITH THE FACTS
• "2016: Obama's America" argues -- unconvincingly -- that Obama was heavily influenced by his father's leftist politics.

• 4. QURAN BURNING PROBE CITES POOR GUIDANCE, MISCOMMUNICATION

• U.S. military says six soldiers got punishments but no criminal charges for the episode that roiled relations with Afghans.

• 5. A FEW SECONDS, 16 ROUNDS, 9 WOUNDED BYSTANDERS
• Experts say the NYC shooting shows the challenges police juggle with semiautomatic weapons.

• 6. HOW SMOKING POT MAY AFFECT TEENS YEARS LATER
• Research suggests that regular use before age 18 can cause a long-term drop in IQ.

• 7. WHY ONE STATION WON'T AIR 'THE NEW NORMAL'
• Mormon church-owned KSL says the sitcom is "inappropriate on several dimensions, especially during family viewing time."

• 8. MEET THE MAN WHO STARTED THE PARALYMPICS
• Sir Ludwig Guttmann, a neurosurgeon who fled the Nazis, pioneered the athletic competition as therapy for patients.

• 9. PIANIST VAN CLIBURN HAS ADVANCED BONE CANCER
• He's performed for every president since Harry Truman and got New York's only ticker tape parade for a classical musician.

• 10. THE AX FALLS IN THE NFL
• QB Vince Young is the biggest name to lose his job as pro football teams trim their rosters.

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