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Headlines for August 29, 2012; RNC Launches with Tea Party's Ted Cruz, Ann Romney and a "We Built It" Theme Shaped by Karl Rove; Mitt & Ann Romney Cast Aside "Moderate" Record on Abortion, Social Issues in Appeal to Extremist GOP; Presidential Hopeful Rocky Anderson: Dems, GOP United in Stymying Third-Party Candidacies in U.S.; Despite Focus on Convention Floor, Major Decisions at RNC Made by Wealthy Donors Behind Closed Doors; Hurricane Isaac Makes Landfall in Louisiana, Threatening New Orleans with Heavy Flooding; Chaos on the Convention Floor as RNC Blocks Ron Paul Delegates, Alters Seating Rules; In Ascent to GOP's Top Ranks, "Money & Pandering" Leads Paul Ryan to Drop Opposition to Cuba Embargo

Headlines for August 28, 2012; Party Time: RNC Awash in Corporate, Lobbyist-Funded Events for GOP Delegates and Lawmakers; Ex-Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell Questioned on Vote Suppression, from '04 to Wave of ID Laws; As ID Laws Risk Disenfranchisement, Intimidation Fears Grow with Tea Party Group's "Poll Watcher"; Rachel Corrie's Parents Denounce Israeli Military Exoneration for 2003 Killing in Gaza; The Rise of Marco Rubio: Manuel Roig-Franzia on the Emergence of GOP, Tea Party's Rising Latino Star; On Katrina's 7th Anniversary, Tropical Storm Isaac Poses Biggest Test to NOLA's Rebuilt Levees; Comedian, Author Baratunde Thurston on Vote Suppression & Romney's 0% Support from African Americans; Storm Cancels RNC's First Day, But Hundreds Brave Tampa's Wind and Rain to Protest GOP Agenda; Workers at Bain-Owned Illinois Factory Bring Fight to Save Their Outsourced Jobs to Romney and RNC

Headlines for August 27, 2012; Tropical Storm Isaac Spares Tampa Ahead of RNC, But Massive Security Operation Has City on Lockdown; Left Out of the RNC, Supporters Hold Farewell Gathering for Libertarian Favorite Ron Paul; Ron Paul Supporters Seek to Assert Presence at RNC in Tampa and Influence Long-Term Direction of GOP; Despite Tropical Storm Isaac and Massive Security, Activists Plan Protest March Outside RNC in Tampa; "The Real Romney": Veteran Reporter Michael Kranish on Mitt Romney's Embrace of GOP's Rightward Turn; Hailed by GOP But Reviled by Labor, Union-Busting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Protested in Tampa; Ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich Refuses to Answer Questions on Akin's "Forcible Rape" Comment; Top GOP Leaders Tout Fundamentalist Views in Bid to Drum Up Massive Religious Voter Turnout; Green Party VP Candidate Cheri Honkala Joins "Romneyville" Encampment to Give Voice to the Poor

Headlines for August 24, 2012; NYPD Admits Muslim Spy Program Generated No Leads or Terrorism Investigations -- Only Controversy; Greenpeace's Kumi Naidoo Live from Occupied Russian Arctic Oil Rig While Being Hit with Water Cannon; Book Reveals Extensive Effort by Reagan, FBI to Undermine California's Student Movement in 1960s; "Be Honest About the History of Our Country": Remembering the People's Historian Howard Zinn at 90

Breaking With Convention: Democracy Now! Reports from the RNC & DNC

Headlines for August 23, 2012; Was Bay Area Radical, Black Panther Arms Supplier Richard Aoki an Informant for the FBI?; "Subversives": How the FBI Fought the 1960s Student Movement and Aided Reagan's Rise to Power

Headlines for August 22, 2012; Akin Defies GOP Pleas to Exit Missouri Senate Race Before Deadline After Rape Comments Spark Uproar; Inside Karl Rove's Secret Kingdom: Craig Unger on Stolen Votes, Political Attacks, Billionaire Ties

Headlines for August 21, 2012; Todd Akin's "Legitimate Rape" Comment Sheds Light on Paul Ryan's Extreme Stance on Abortion; The Invisible Wounds of War: Number of Soldiers Committing Suicide Reaches Record High; Massacre in South Africa: Police Defend Killing of 34 Striking Workers at Platinum Mine

Craig Murray and Tariq Ali Speak In Support of WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Outside Ecuadorean Embassy

Headlines for August 20, 2012; End the WikiLeaks Witch Hunt: Julian Assange's Full Address from the Ecuadorean Embassy; Tariq Ali, Ex-U.K. Ambassador Craig Murray Praise Ecuador for Granting Asylum to Julian Assange; Solidarity Protests Held Worldwide After Russian Court Sentences Pussy Riot Members to 2-Year Term; "Nonprofits" Tied to Karl Rove, Koch Brothers Spend Millions on Elections and Call it Public Welfare

Headlines for August 17, 2012; Lawyer: Raid on Embassy to Arrest Assange Would Be "Unprecedented" Breach of Diplomatic Immunity; Daniel Ellsberg: I Congratulate Ecuador for Standing Up to British Empire to Protect Julian Assange; Judge Upholds Penn. Voter ID Law; GOP Admits Law Designed to "Allow" Mitt Romney to "Win the State"; Pussy Riot Members Sentenced to 2 Years for Anti-Putin Protest; Feminist Rocker JD Samson Responds

Headlines for August 16, 2012; Ecuador Grants Julian Assange Asylum; U.S. Seen as "Hidden Hand" Behind U.K. Threat to Raid Embassy; Undocumented Youth Line Up by the Thousands as Temporary Immigration Reprieve Takes Effect; "Back Off": Assange Attorney Michael Ratner Urges U.K., U.S. to Respect Asylum Decision, Int'l Law; Mexican Poet, Activist Javier Sicilia Brings Peace Caravan into U.S. to Condemn Deadly Drug War

From Our Archives: Full Video of WikiLeaks' Julian Assange & Philosopher Slavoj Žižek With Amy Goodman

Headlines for August 15, 2012; Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy on the Escalating Talk of a Military Attack on Iran; From Military Threats to Crippling Sanctions, U.S.-Israel Posturing on Iran Stokes Fears of War; Iranian Americans Warn Harsh U.S. Sanctions Could Restrict Aid to Iran's Earthquake Victims; 77 Years After FDR Signs Social Security, VP Pick Paul Ryan Pushes Dismantling the Social Safety Net

Headlines for August 14, 2012; Egypt's Morsi Ousts Top Generals, But Key Military Insiders Tapped to Fill the Gaps; Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Zabadani, a Syrian Town Under Siege with No End in Sight; Scholar Omar Dahi on the Economic and Human Toll of Syria's Worsening Refugee Crisis; Paul Ryan's Hometown of Janesville, WI Recovers with Federal Aid GOP VP Candidate Claims to Oppose