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• 7. PAYING WITH CELLPHONE APPS -- MAYBE
• AP tech writer Anick Jesdanun tested four systems, with sometimes chaotic results.
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• 8. INTERNET CAT VIDEO FESTIVAL. IN A MUSEUM.
• Bring your camera, and Fluffy too -- on a leash -- as the well-regarded Walker Art Center showcases 70 kitty flicks Thursday.
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• 9. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICHAEL JACKSON
• A vigil is held outside the pop star's childhood home on the day he would have turned 54.
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• 10. ROGER CLEMENS' COMEBACK CONTINUES
• The 50-year-old will make his second start for the minor-league Sugar Land Skeeters on Sept. 7.
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• TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Mitt Romney is stepping up for the most important speech of his Republican presidential campaign, to an audience of millions, after a rousing warm-up from a running mate who vowed the days of dodging painful budget choices will end if voters toss President Barack Obama from office.
• Having grasped the nomination on his second try, after years spent cultivating this moment, Romney will use his speech Thursday night to introduce himself to a large portion of voters and claw for advantage in a race that could scarcely be any closer. As part of that introduction, Romney appeared prepared to discuss his Mormon faith in more direct terms than usual, a direction signaled by running mate Paul Ryan on Wednesday night in several allusions to the duo's differing religions but "same moral creed."
• The Wisconsin congressman, a deficit hawk who's become the party's darling since joining the ticket, offered a prime-time testimonial setting up Romney's turn on the stage in the Republican National Convention's finale. If history is a guide, view

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