Many charges dropped against fashion designer about to go on trial in LA for sexual assault

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• Newspaper: Blackwater guards get target letters in probe of Baghdad shootings

• Hawaii governor, police chief to review law enforcement response to palace takeover

• Louisiana, Mississippi keeping eye on Gustav; New Orleans prepares for evacuations

• NC woman recovering after 5 days in pickup truck wreckage in ravine without food or water

• Accused driver in fatal Arizona crash indicted on new charge with possible death penalty

• 4 inmates accused of helping with daring NM jailbreak; 2 close to fugitives also arrested

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• Purdue University reprimands scientist accused of 'bubble fusion' misconduct

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• LA park at scene of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination to stand as tribute to late senator

• Obituaries in the news

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• Del Martin, lesbian activist who became symbol in gay marriage movement, dies at 87

• Town board resignations suspend government in small New York town; governor asked to intervene

• 'Depressing' economic picture for Michigan: More living in poverty as incomes fall

• Border Patrol struggles to retain new hires; agents must battle heat, isolation, boredom

• New Orleans scrambles to build Katrina memorial before Friday anniversary of devastating storm

• Detroit mayor has strained relationship with Michigan governor holding his ouster hearing

AP Washington

• Excerpts of Sen. Joe Biden's speech at the Democratic convention

• Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson will lead Pledge of Allegiance at Democratic convention Thursday

• TV coverage captures history in the making with Obama nomination

• State Dept. issues warning on Caribbean travel as storm Gustav heads west

• Ohio governor orders special election to replace late congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones

AP Business

• What's it like to drive a hydrogen car? A small group of consumers are finding out

• TiVo posts profit for only third time in 2Q on reduced costs, but outlook soft

• Durable goods orders jump an unexpected 1.3 percent in July, helped by exports, investment

• Mortgage finance firm Fannie Mae shakes up executive ranks as shares rise for 3rd straight day

• Simmering tension between union, immigrants boiled over into raid on Miss. factory

AP Supreme Court

• Extreme makeover: Scientists convert cells to different type in mice, may lead to therapies

• Arctic sea ice melts to 2nd lowest level in 30 years; scientists see ominous signs

• Humpback whale first spotted in Baltic Sea near Germany finds its way north

• Government confirms elevated risk of rare blood cancer in northeastern Pennsylvania

• Talk about animal magnetism, cows seem to orient themselves with planet's magnetic field