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• None of North Dakota has yet slipped into extreme drought. About 17 percent of the state is in the severe category, up 1 percentage point over the week.
• The hardest-hit areas in South Dakota are in the southwest and the southeast. In North Dakota, the southwest and east are suffering the most.
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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. A HIGH-ENERGY NIGHT AT THE GOP CONVENTION
• Romney plunges into the campaign's final 67 days focused more than ever on jobs and the economy.
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• 2. CLINT EASTWOOD GOES OFF-SCRIPT
• Taking the podium, the actor turns in a bizarre, unscripted endorsement of Romney.
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• 3. ISAAC LEAVES SOGGY MESS AS IT HEADS INTO NATION'S MIDSECTION
• Louisiana residents without power or clean water face days of misery.
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• 4. COLORADO SHOOTING SUSPECT TRIED TO CALL DOCTOR
• Defense says 9 minutes before the theater attack, James Holmes dialed an after-hours number hoping to reach psychiatrist.
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• 5. WHY THE FINANCIAL WORLD IS HANGING ON BERNANKE'S WORDS
• At 10 a.m., the Fed chief will deliver a speech that might give clues about his next moves to strengthen the U.S. economy.
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• 6. HARVARD PROBING POSSIBLE EXAM CHEATING
• The allegations concern a take-home final exam, and now the university is considering an honor code.
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• 7. A LAST GOODBYE FOR NEIL ARMSTRONG
• Lunar pioneers will attend a private service at 11 a.m. in Ohio for the hero-astronaut.

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