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UPCOMING

POL-Romney-Iran

Mitt Romney seeks to assure Israel and Iran, as well as Jewish voters in the United States, that he will be tougher against Iran's nuclear ambitions than President Barack Obama. So far, though, the main difference between the stance of the certain Republican nominee and the president he hopes to defeat in the November election involves tone more than substance.

New-York-Infant-Theft-Sentencing

The woman who admitted to stealing a 19-day-old infant from a Manhattan hospital in 1987 was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison.

Syria-Unrest

Syrian rebel fighters worked to control a key road to the Turkish border and turned captured tanks against a government air base north of Aleppo on Monday.

POL-Democrats-Ammo-Sales

Two Democratic lawmakers took on the hot-button political issue of gun control Monday, introducing legislation that would effectively ban online ammunition sales.

New-York-Shark-Attack

A man suffered injuries to his legs Monday after an apparent shark attack off the Massachusetts coast.

Peru-Climber-Deaths

Details emerged Monday on the hours leading up to the deaths of two American climbers in Peru. Among the elements they were dealing with atop the 20,000-foot tall Palcaraju Oeste -- hurricane force winds and deep, loose snow.

SPORT-Olympics-Day-Wrap (will update)

Young swimmers dominated the medal stand Monday, led by a 15-year-old Lithuanian, who won the first swimming medal for her country as an independent nation.

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Colorado-Theater-Shooting

Colorado movie shooting suspect James Holmes was charged Monday with 24 counts of first-degree murder -- two counts for each of the 12 people killed in the shooting.

Syria-Unrest

Rebels pushed to grab territory around Aleppo on Monday as fighting raged within the northern city.

INTERNATIONAL

Syria-Unrest

Rebels pushed to grab territory around Aleppo on Monday as fighting raged within the northern city.

Syria-Military-Panetta

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta says that when Bashar al-Assad loses his grip on power, he wants the Syrian military to remain in place.

UK-Phone-Hacking-Arrest

A journalist at Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid newspaper The Sun was arrested Monday on suspicion of culling information from stolen cell phones. Police announced the arrest without naming the suspect, while a source close to the newspaper's publisher News International confirmed it was Nick Parker.

US-Iraq-Police-Training

A U.S. government watchdog says more than $200 million was wasted on a program to train the Iraqi police force, with security concerns and a lack of interest by the Iraqi government the main culprits for the program's shortcomings.

Romania-Referendum

An effort to remove embattled Romanian President Traian Basescu from office appeared to have failed Monday, as figures from election officials suggested that low turnout rendered a referendum invalid.

India-Blackout

A grid failure cut power supplies in northern India on Monday, hitting rail and road transport for hours in the country's worst blackout in a decade, authorities said.

India-Train-Fire

A fire swept through a train passenger car in southern India on Monday, killing at least 32 people, authorities said.

Uganda-Ebola-Virus

Teams in Uganda are trying to track down anyone who came into contact with patients infected with the Ebola virus, which has killed at least 14 people there this month, authorities said Monday.

Russia-Pussy-Riot-Trial

Three members of the Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of hooliganism after performing a song criticizing President Vladimir Putin in a Moscow church, Russia's state news agency reported.

2012 OLYMPIC GAMES

SPORT-China-Diving-Daley-Olympics

Chinese pair Yuan Cao and Yanquan Zhang claimed gold in Monday's men's synchronized ten meter diving final. The reigning world champions scored 99.36 with a near faultless final dive to claim the Olympic title.

SPORT-Tennis-Olympics-Williams-Serena-Venus

The Williams sisters continued their march towards more Olympic success with three victories between them in London on Monday.

SPORT-Tennis-Olympics-Federer-Djokovic

Roger Federer is hoping to fulfill a longtime dream by winning the only major tennis title that still eludes him -- Olympic singles gold.

SPORT-Olympics-Saudi-Judo-Hijab

One of the two women on Saudi Arabia's Olympic team may be pulled from the competition because of the kingdom's insistence that she wear a headscarf in her judo matches.

olympics-china-ye-shiwen-swimming

When Chinese teenager Ye Shiwen dives into the pool on Monday, all eyes will be firmly on the clock to see if she can repeat her world-beating -- Ryan Lochte-beating -- time in the last 50 meters. The 16-year-old is due to swim the heat of the 200 meter individual medley after taking gold in the 400 meter event on Saturday.

SPORT-Agnel-Gold-Swimming-Olympics

French swimmer Yannick Agnel won his second gold of a triumphant Olympics with a dominant performance in Monday's 200 meters freestyle final.

SPORT-Olympics-Day-Wrap

Young swimmers dominated the medal stand Monday, led by a 15-year-old Lithuanian, who won the first swimming medal for her country as an independent nation.

U.S.A.

Florida-Murdock-Suicide

O.J. Murdock, who signed with the NFL's Tennessee Titans last year, killed himself Monday morning in front of the Tampa, Florida, high school where he was a track and football star, police said.

Religious Freedom Report

The U.S. State Department criticized countries like China, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan on Monday for failing to do more to protect religious freedoms.

FEA-North-Dakota-Same-Sex-Wedding-Ads

A North Dakota newspaper has reversed its policy against publishing same-sex wedding announcements after rejecting a couple's ad last week, stirring controversy in the community and beyond.

Justice-Conrad-Murray-Appeal

Conrad Murray wants a key piece of evidence tested which his lawyers argue could prove Michael Jackson injected himself with the drug that killed him. Murray, who is serving a four-year prison sentence, is appealing last year's involuntary manslaughter conviction in Jackson's 2009 death.

Colorado-Theater-Shooting

Colorado movie shooting suspect James Holmes was charged Monday with 24 counts of first-degree murder -- two counts for each of the 12 people killed in the shooting.

Mississippi Black Couple Wedding

Hurt. Devastated. Crushed. Those are words an African-American couple used to describe how they felt when they were forced to change the venue of their wedding because of their race.

US-Child-Alert-Devices

New devices intended to prevent children from dying of heat stroke in parked vehicles are unreliable, and should not be used as stand-alone measures to prevent such tragedies, the federal government warned Monday.

US-Scotus-DNA-Law

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed a controversial state DNA testing law to remain in effect until the justices have time to consider the broader constitutional questions.

Florida-Zimmerman-Wife

The wife of George Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to a perjury charge related to allegedly lying about the family's finances as her husband faced murder charges in the death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, a court official said.

MONEY

MONEY-Stocks-Markets

Investors were unwilling to make any big bets Monday, waiting to see if there will be further stimulus announced by U.S. and European central bankers later this week.

MONEY-For-Profit-Private-Schools

U.S. taxpayers spend more than $30 billion a year on for-profit private schools, despite the sector's relatively high drop-out rate, according to a congressional investigation released Monday.

MONEY-Olympics-Cost

Hosting the Olympic Games is a lot like throwing the world's largest -- and most expensive -- party.

MONEY-Food-Prices-Drought

The drought that's spreading across the Midwest is already squeezing consumers, and it's only going to get worse, as the rising cost of soybeans and corn leads to higher prices for meat, peanut butter and other staples.

MONEY-Medicaid-Texas-Health-Care

Texas Governor Rick Perry says he won't expand Medicaid eligibility under the health reform law because he wants to spare taxpayers billions of dollars.

MONEY-Carbon-Tax

Calls for a carbon tax on fossil fuels like gasoline and coal are coming from a surprising quarter these days -- Republicans. In recent weeks, several prominent Republican thinkers have floated the idea of imposing higher taxes on gasoline, coal and natural gas. The increases, they say, would be offset by tax cuts on paychecks, dividends or corporate taxes.

MONEY-Fiscal-Cliff-Commentary

Congress and the White House face a clear choice on the "fiscal cliff." They can go over it and push the economy into recession in 2013, as the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office and the International Monetary Fund have projected. Or they can avoid it. If they do, CBO projects GDP growth of 4.4% and more than 2 million new jobs in 2013.

MONEY-Libor-Lawsuit

A small New York-based bank has filed a class action suit against 16 of the world's largest banks, charging that it was hurt by their alleged manipulation of the Libor interest rate.

POLITICS

POL-Romney-Iran-Threat

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney clarified his March remark that Russia is the nation's top foe, saying in an interview which aired Monday on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer" that Iran potentially poses the greatest national security threat to the U.S.

POL-Romney-Palestinians-Response

A Palestinian leader blasted Mitt Romney's statements at a high-dollar fund-raiser in Jerusalem as "racist" Monday after Romney made a comparison between the per capita GDPs of Israel and Palestinian-controlled areas.

POL-Obama-Fumble-Romney-Trip

If Mitt Romney has indeed fumbled the football overseas, President Barack Obama's campaign may well be seen as spiking it.

POL-Romney-Tax-Audit

Mitt Romney's campaign said Monday it would not release any more of the candidate's personal income tax information, despite an acknowledgement from Romney that he had been audited in the past.

POL-Clinton-Speech-Dem-Convention

Former President Bill Clinton will play a prominent role at the Democratic convention in Charlotte by giving a major speech and placing President Barack Obama's name into nomination, a campaign aide confirmed to CNN.

POL-SC-Governor-Husband-Deployment

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley's husband received orders from the South Carolina National Guard on Monday and is expected to deploy to Afghanistan in January, a spokesman in her office said.

POL-Army-IED-Report

As roadside bombs continue to be the top killer of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a Republican House member is asking for a congressional inquiry into why an Army report favoring a system that increases detection of the bombs was altered, presumably to push an already existing Army system that troops said was inferior.

POL-Ehud-Barak-Obama-Praise

Israel's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Ehud Barak said the Obama White House has been the most supportive administration throughout the two countries' diplomatic relations on matters of Israeli security, in an interview to air Monday on "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer."

POL-Congress-Democrats-Gun-Control

When Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy of New York unveiled their bill Monday to regulate the online and mail-order sale of ammunition, they did so in a state most friendly to Democrats -- New York. But across the country, voters might not be as receptive. Gun control can be seen as political quicksand for Democratic lawmakers.

POL-Democrats-same-Sex-Marriage

Democrats meeting in Minneapolis this weekend approved draft language supportive of same-sex marriage as a plank in their party's platform, two Democratic sources confirmed Monday.

FEATURES and COMMENTARY

ENT-Jackson-Family-Peace

Last week began with a missing person's report filed for Katherine Jackson but ended with Michael Jackson's mother attending a "Unity" concert by four of her sons. In the days between, a complex family feud played out in headlines and on celebrity TV.

US-IYW-Noah-Galloway

Noah Galloway's daily workouts could intimidate the most seasoned athlete. He runs, climbs, does pull-ups and push-ups, and lifts weights for nearly two hours at a time. But what really sets this 30-year-old father of three apart is that he does it all with one arm and one leg. In the aftermath of September 11, Galloway felt called to serve his country. At 19, he withdrew from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and enlisted in the United States Army.