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POSTED: 11:00 PM Aug 05 2012   UPDATED: 5:38 PM Aug 06 2012
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UPCOMING

Wisconsin-Temple-Shooting (will update)

An Army veteran who neighbors say played in a far-right punk band was the lone shooter in the rampage at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin that killed six people and wounded four, according to information Monday from law enforcement authorities.

Wisconsin-Shooting-Victims (will update)

Amardeep Kaleka was not surprised his father tried to stop a gunman at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. "It's an amazing act of heroism, but it's also exactly who he was," Amardeep said of Satwant Singh Kaleka, 65, one of six community members killed Sunday. "There was no way in God's green Earth that he would allow somebody to come in and do that without trying his best to stop it."

US-White-Supremacist-Groups

The weekend shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin by a man thought to have been a white supremacist has shone a spotlight on the groups.

Pennsylvania-Robbery-Hoax

Two men have been charged in the assault and robbery of two Pennsylvania pizzeria workers while claiming to be filming a fake reality TV show called "We Just Got Robbed."

TRAVEL-Smithsonian-Theft

The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and its annex near Dulles Airport are among Washington's most popular tourist attractions, where visitors dutifully pay their parking, unaware of criminal parking booth thieves. But after allegedly pocketing nearly a half million dollars over the past three years, three attendants who operate booths at the Air and Space Annex in Virginia were

SPORTS-Olympics-Day-Wrap (will update)

The U.S. women pulled of a football comeback to be remembered, beating Canada 4-3 in a classic match that sets up a rematch of last year's World Cup final with Japan.

Tropical-Weather (will update)

Tropical Storm Ernesto will become a hurricane on Monday night or Tuesday morning. Updated position and wind speeds included in updates at 8p and 11p.

Syria-Unrest (Will update)

Syria's prime minister became the highest-profile official to leave the embattled regime of Bashar al-Assad on Monday.

Syria-Astronaut-Defects

You can now add a "symbolic" pioneer in Syria's scientific advancements to the list of added departures and defections from the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in recent days. Mohammad Ahmad Faris, Syria's first man in space, crossed into Turkey this past weekend after meeting with commanders of the rebel Free Syrian Army in the Syrian city of Aleppo, the Turkish news agency Anadolu reported.

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Wisconsin-Temple-Shooting (with Wisconsin-Shooting-Suspect, Wisconsin-Shooting-Victims, Wisconsin-Temple-Shooting-Scene, Wisconsin-Temple-Shooting-Sikh-Reaction, US-Sikhs-Bias-Crimes, US-Religion-What-is-a-Sikh)

An Army veteran who neighbors say played in a far-right punk band was the lone shooter in the rampage at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin that killed six people and wounded four, according to information Monday from law enforcement authorities.

Syria-Unrest

Syria's prime minister became the highest-profile official to leave the embattled regime of Bashar al-Assad on Monday.

INTERNATIONAL

Egypt-Violence

As Egyptian authorities vowed quick vengeance for a terrorist attack that killed 16 soldiers, officials in Egypt and Israel disagreed as to who was to blame for the bloodshed.

Ivory-Coast-Violence

Ten Ivory Coast soldiers have been killed in attacks Sunday and Monday by unidentified gunmen in Abidjan, the economic capital, the defense minister said.

Tropical-Weather

The Mexican and Belizean governments issued hurricane warnings Monday for the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula as Tropical Storm Ernesto churned toward the area. The storm is expected to become a hurricane by Monday night.

TECH-Mars-Rover-Curiosity

NASA's rover Curiosity successfully carried out a highly challenging landing on Mars early Monday, transmitting images back to Earth after traveling hundreds of millions of miles through space to explore the red planet. Scientists praised the landing Monday.

Pakistan-NATO-Convoy-Attack

Militants killed a driver of a container truck carrying supplies for NATO in Pakistan's tribal region on Monday, a government official told CNN.

MORE ON TEMPLE SHOOTING

Wisconsin-Shooting-Suspect

Soldier. Singer. Skinhead. Investigators spent Monday trying to figure out what led 40-year-old Wade Michael Page from repairing missiles for the Army to a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee, where he was killed by police at the end of a Sunday morning rampage.

Wisconsin-Shooting-Victims

Amardeep Kaleka was not surprised his father tried to stop a gunman at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. "It's an amazing act of heroism, but it's also exactly who he was," Amardeep said of Satwant Singh Kaleka, 65, one of six community members killed Sunday. "There was no way in God's green Earth that he would allow somebody to come in and do that without trying his best to stop it."

Wisconsin-Temple-Shooting-Scene

Women and children were busy inside the Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee, preparing for their traditional Sunday feast. Religious leaders gathered in the building's holy room, ahead of the hundreds set to arrive soon for the next service's 11:30 a.m. start. This peace was shattered, when what authorities believe was a lone gunman opened fire inside and outside the temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin-Temple-Shooting-Sikh-Reaction

Sikhs and their supporters in the United States and India reacted with sorrow, disbelief and anger Sunday to news of a shooting at a temple in Wisconsin that left at least seven people, including the suspected gunman, dead. Here's some what they said.

US-Sikhs-Bias-Crimes

The Wisconsin temple shooting has dredged up memories of a long history of bias crimes against Sikhs post 9/11.

US-Religion-What-is-a-Sikh

Sikhism, the world's fifth most popular religion, is a monotheistic faith that believes in equality and service to others, Sikh officials say.

POL-Bloomberg-Candidates-Guns

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg bemoaned Monday what he called a "deafening silence" on gun control from the two presidential candidates after a pair of high-profile shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin killed a combined 18 people.

COMMENTARY-Sikh-Temple-Shooting-Act-of-Terrorism

Imagine that you woke up on a beautiful Sunday morning to hear the news of a brown, bearded, gun-wielding madman who stormed into a Wisconsin church full of blond-haired parishioners and killed six innocent people. If that scenario did occur, would most Americans have any problem calling that an act of "terrorism"? Of course not. Now imagine that the shooter was a white man and the innocent victims were bearded brown men and head-covered women. Suddenly, the discussion of "terrorism" gets a lot more complicated.

OLYMPICS

SPORT-Olympics-Day-Wrap

Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history, said Monday that he really means it when he says he is retiring. "I'm done. I don't know if people really believe me, but I am actually finished. I'm retiring," he told CNN's Becky Anderson. "D-O-N-E. Done," she pressed. "Yes -- I'm done," he insisted.

SPORT-Olympics-Delpopolo-Marijuana-Makhloufi

American judoka Nicholas Delpopolo has been thrown out of the Olympics after a failed drug test he blamed on inadvertently eating food that had been baked with marijuana.

SPORTS-Olympics-Kenya-Stabbing-Attempt

Ezekiel Kemboi, who won the Olympic steeplechase, is under investigation on suspicion of having tried to stab a woman on a date back home in Kenya before the Games, police there said.

SPORT-Olympics-Tennis-Federer-Rio

Roger Federer has told CNN he may make another attempt to win the Olympic singles gold medal he craves in Rio in four years' time.

SPORT-Olympics-First-Week-What-You-Missed

Amid the sensational wins of the first half of the London Olympics, here are some less-celebrated but no less impressive victories that you might have missed.

SPORT-Bolt-100-London-2012-Greatest

The 2012 London Olympics has been an awe-inspiring event -- with daily doses of drama, guts and glory -- but its zenith was always going to be the showdown of the gladiators of pace that is the men's 100 meters final.

SPORT-Lopez-Lomong-Lost-Boy

From escaping bullets in South Sudan as a young boy to becoming a track and field Olympics star, U.S. athlete Lopez Lomong has been running and defying odds nearly all of his life.

SPORT-Olympics-Olga-Korbut-Gymnastics

There are few Olympians who can say they redefined their sport, but that is just what former Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut did at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics.

U.S.A.

Missouri-Mosque-Burned

A mosque in Joplin, Missouri, was burned to the ground early Monday, just over a month after an attempted arson at the Islamic center, officials said. Authorities are investigating the cause of the latest fire. The mosque's security cameras were destroyed in the blaze, according to Sharon Rhine of the Jasper County Sheriff's Office.

Arizona-Loughner-Plea

Attorneys for Jared Lee Loughner, charged in the January 2011 mass shooting outside a Tucson, Arizona, supermarket are expected to enter a guilty plea on at least one of the felony counts against him if a federal judge determines Loughner is competent to stand trial at a Tuesday court hearing.

Michigan-Shooting

Police searched Monday for a female suspect after seven people were injured in a shooting at the Detroit riverfront.

US-Church-Apologizes-for-Barring-Black-Couple

After barring a black couple from marrying in its Mississippi facility in late July, the First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs released a statement Sunday apologizing for its actions.

SPORT-NASCAR-Lightning-Death

A lightning strike killed a NASCAR fan and injured nine others in a parking lot outside Pocono Raceway after torrential rains shortened Sunday's Pennsylvania 400, a track official said.

SPORT-NFL-Garrett-Reid-Death

The funeral for Garrett Reid, son of Philadelphia Eagles head football coach Andy Reid, will be held Tuesday morning, according to the website of the Philadelphia funeral home handling arrangements.

SPORT-Golf-Bradley-Bridgestone-PGA

Keegan Bradley warmed up for the defense of his US PGA Championship title in perfect fashion, stealing the Bridgestone Invitational crown at the last from Jim Furyk.

TRAVEL-Pedestrian-Fatalities

When it comes to pedestrian fatalities in the United States, the chances of being injured or dying when crossing roads at non-intersections increase significantly, according to new government statistics.

MED-Violence-Sleep-Problems

Any parent with a child old enough to speak has no doubt endured many sleepless nights as the result of bad dreams. Sometimes there's a monster hiding in the closet. Other times there are bugs crawling underneath the bed, or a witch lurking in the hallway. Countless observational studies have reported an association between media and sleep problems in children. But a new study published Monday in the American Academy of Pediatrics now purports a causal relationship between violent or inappropriate media and poor sleep.

POLITICS

POL-Priebus-Reid-Liar

The Republican National Committee chairman was far from apologetic Monday morning when asked if he took back a recent comment calling Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid a "dirty liar."

POL-GOP-Reid-Axelrod

Republicans on Monday stepped up attempts to undermine Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's unsubstantiated allegations that Mitt Romney went 10 years without paying taxes, saying Reid and other Democrats' accusations are being orchestrated by President Barack Obama's campaign - specifically his senior campaign adviser David Axelrod.

POL-Obama-July-Fundraising

President Barack Obama's re-election effort raised $75 million last month, his campaign announced Monday on Twitter.

POL-Romney-July-Fundraising-Haul

The fundraising effort of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney brought in more than $100 million for the second month in a row, his campaign said Monday morning.

POL-Romney-Tour-VPs

Mitt Romney will be joined by a trio of potential vice presidential picks on his upcoming bus tour through four battleground states, sources confirmed to CNN Monday.

POL-GOP-Convention-Speakers-Added

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley -- three women rumored to be under consideration as Mitt Romney's running mate -- will have high profile speaking roles at the Republican National Convention, organizers will announce Monday.

POL-Obama-Ad-Abortion

President Barack Obama's re-election campaign hit Mitt Romney over his position on abortion and contraception in a new ad this weekend, framing the Republican's stance as old-fashioned.

POL-Ads-Targets-Congress-GOP

The liberal nonprofit group Americans United for Change teamed up with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees labor union to release a new television ad Monday, attacking Republicans for opposing tax increases on the very wealthy.

MONEY

MONEY-Stocks-Markets

U.S. stocks closed higher Monday, despite retreating from the day's highs, as investors continued to cheer an upbeat jobs report and welcomed lower borrowing costs in Spain and Italy.

MONEY-Knight-Capital-Agreement

Knight Capital Group will live to see another trading day, but its investors are not pleased. After suffering a massive loss from a trading glitch last week, Knight Capital struck a deal with a group of investors who purchased a majority stake in the trading firm for $400 million. Knight Capital's stock dropped more than 24% Monday to close at $3.07 following the announcement of the deal. The new investment will severely cut into the value of existing shareholders' stakes.

MONEY-Best-Buy-Schulze

Best Buy founder Richard Schulze made a bid Monday to buy the retailer's outstanding shares in a deal that would value the company at more than $8 billion. Best Buy shares surged 13% Monday. But the stock had jumped about 20% at the start of trading.

MONEY-Fiscal-Cliff

If lawmakers cannot agree on how to address the pending "fiscal cliff," $7 trillion worth of tax increases and spending cuts will begin to go into effect in January.

MONEY-Loans

Since the recession, small businesses trying to get bank loans have faced tougher credit standards -- and little has changed. In the Federal Reserve's most recent survey of bank loan officers, released Monday, 95% said credit standards remained basically unchanged during the second quarter.

MONEY-Mars-Curiosity-Jobs

As the new rover that just landed on Mars looks for signs of life there, the NASA program that runs it is supporting life here on Earth -- with jobs.

MONEY-Visa-Entrepreneurs

Even as the economy has slowed, the nation's visa system remains a high hurdle for foreigners who want to start businesses and create jobs in the United States.

MONEY-Wind-Power-Colorado

During the early morning hours of April 15, with a steady breeze blowing down Colorado's Front Range, the state's biggest utility set a U.S. record -- nearly 57% of the electricity being generated was coming from wind power.

FEATURES

ENT-Whitney-Houston-Sparkle-Legacy

Whitney Houston's turn as the mother of three sisters who encounter the downsides of fame in this month's "Sparkle" has been viewed as a performance that could have relaunched her career. But in light of Houston's February death, it will be seen as the performance that "adds another diamond to her legacy," says Houston's co-star, Tika Sumpter ("Gossip Girl"; "Think Like A Man"), who portrays one of the late legend's on-screen daughters.

ENT-Drake-Aaliyah-Song

Just weeks away from the 11th anniversary of Aaliyah's death on August 25, we have a new single featuring the late songstress, courtesy of Drake.

US-Gabby-Douglas-hair

When Gabby Douglas stood on the Olympic podium Thursday, a bright smile on her face and gold medal around her neck, she made history as the first African-American woman to win top honors in the all-around gymnastics competition. Many African-Americans watching Douglas shared a flush of pride at the accomplishment, noting her joy, her poise, her grace and, apparently, her hairstyle.

US-Our-Fascination-With-Mars

When you look up basic information on Mars on NASA's website, in the field for the name of the discoverer, it says "known by the ancients." Unlike Neptune, and the no-longer-a-planet Pluto, Mars has always figured in to the way we understand our solar system. If you know what to look for in the sky, the reason why is obvious enough: Mars is visible to the naked eye, and clearly red. It's also close: our ability to see it with the naked eye attests to the relative nearness of the planet.

FEA-Celebs:-Comic-Con-All-About-Fans

A celebrity's take: Comic-Con is all about the fans

FEA-All-About-Albarino

Evidently this past Saturday, August 4, was the first International AlbariƱo Day. Now, everyone knows holidays like this fall into the "devised by marketing people to sell more of whatever it is" category, which means one should regard them with a wary eye. International AlbariƱo Day is not remotely as legitimate as say, International Give a Wine Writer a Ferrari Day.

FEA-Olympic-Games-at-Restaurants

Whether you're feeling inspired by China's dominating Olympic performance or just want to get away from a long, boring conversation at the dinner table, here are several spots where you can eat great crispy prawns and improve your skills at table tennis or other games, like shuffleboard.

FEA-Mars-Snack-Attacks

Like your Oreos with a far-out twist? The hundred-year-old brand paid homage to today's Mars Curiosity rover landing with an installment of their Daily Twist campaign featuring a split-open cookie with red-dyed cream and tire tracks to mimic the impression left by the craft on the planet's surface.

FEA-Survey-Facebook-Twitter-Religious-Reasons

Despite the attention that major religious leaders have received for their use of Facebook and Twitter -- including pastors like Rick Warren and Joel Osteen - a new survey finds that only a small minority of Americans use social media for religious reasons.

FEA-Danger-Asking-God-Why-Me

When I was diagnosed with cancer, the question "Why me?" was a natural one. Later, when I survived but others with the same kind of cancer died, I also had to ask, "Why me?" Suffering and death seem random, senseless.

FEA-Why-Albanians-Saved-Jews-in-Holocaust

How many people would lay down their lives for a stranger? It's the question at the center of the new documentary "Besa: The Promise," which premiered last weekend at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. the filmmakers' answer: "Albanians would."

Analysis-Women-Children-Terror

Terrorists do not fit a particular profile. No longer can we expect them to look a certain way, be of a certain age or indeed even that they be men.