Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that people will be talking about today:
AS ISAAC NEARS, DARK MEMORIES OF KATRINAāUneasy residents are assured that New Orleansā fortified levees can withstand the anticipated hurricane.
A NOT-SO-HEARTY PARTY AS CLOUDS GATHERāPolitics has become an awkward enterprise at the GOP convention.
HOW ANTI-OBAMA FLICK SQUARES WITH THE FACTSāā2016: Obamaās Americaā argues ā unconvincingly ā that Obama was heavily influenced by his fatherās leftist politics.
QURAN BURNING PROBE CITES POOR GUIDANCE, MISCOMMUNICATIONāU.S. military says six soldiers got punishments but no criminal charges for the episode that roiled relations with Afghans.
A FEW SECONDS, 16 ROUNDS, 9 WOUNDED BYSTANDERSāExperts say the NYC shooting shows the challenges police juggle with semiautomatic weapons.
HOW SMOKING POT MAY AFFECT TEENS YEARS LATERāResearch suggests that regular use before age 18 can cause a long-term drop in IQ.
WHY ONE STATION WONāT AIR āTHE NEW NORMALāāMormon church-owned KSL says the sitcom is āinappropriate on several dimensions, especially during family viewing time.ā
MEET THE MAN WHO STARTED THE PARALYMPICSāSir Ludwig Guttmann, a neurosurgeon who fled the Nazis, pioneered the athletic competition as therapy for patients.
PIANIST VAN CLIBURN HAS ADVANCED BONE CANCERāHeās performed for every president since Harry Truman and got New Yorkās only ticker tape parade for a classical musician.
THE AX FALLS IN THE NFLāQB Vince Young is the biggest name to lose his job as pro football teams trim their rosters.

