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As The Conventions Fire Up, Women Loom as Undecideds in Key States

A nation at war, crippling joblessness and a looming budget standoff that could wreck the economy have been overshadowed in recent days by an issue that polls show doesn't even …

World

10 Things to Know for Monday

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that people will be talking about today.

Justice

City, County Seek Details of DOJ Claims

Officials in Meridian and Lauderdale County want details from the Justice Department to back up its allegations that local students' rights have been violated.

Hurricane

All Eyes on Isaac as GOP Convention Approaches

Mitt Romney's Republican National Convention sputters to life Monday with the lonely banging of a gavel in a mostly empty hall, then hits full speed on Tuesday.

Hurricane

Isaac Claims 10 Lives, Headed for Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Isaac targeted a broad swath of the Gulf Coast on Monday and had New Orleans in its crosshairs, bearing down just ahead of the seventh anniversary of Hurricane …

Hurricane

Isaac Storms Toward Haiti and the Gulf

Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened slightly as it spun toward the Dominican Republic and vulnerable Haiti on Friday, threatening to bring punishing rains but unlikely to gain enough steam to strike …

Politics

Romney Goes Birther? 'No One Has Asked to See My Birth Certificate'

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney Friday raised the discredited rumor that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States and thus ineligible to be president.

World

10 Things to Know for Friday

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that people will be talking about today.

Crime

Norway's Killer of 77 Deemed Sane

Breivik got what he wanted: a ruling that paints him as a political terrorist instead of a psychotic mass murderer.

Sports

UCI asks USADA to Explain Case Against Armstrong

International Cycling Union expects the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to produce evidence before stripping Lance Armstrong of his records.

State

Sempra Opens Second Miss. Gas Storage Cavern

Sempra Energy says it's opened a second natural gas storage cavern southeast of Jackson.

National

At Least Four Shot Outside Empire State Building

New York City police say at least four people have been shot outside the Empire State Building and that the gunman is dead.

World

10 Things to Know for Thursday

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories people will be talking about today.

National

Ex-Penn State President Goes on Offensive

Penn State's disgraced former president is trying to convince the public he had no idea that Jerry Sandusky was a child molester.

National

East Coast Earthquake Created a 'New Normal'

Earthquake drills are now as ubiquitous as fire drills at Louisa County schools in central Virginia.