Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):
1. A HIGH-ENERGY NIGHT AT THE GOP CONVENTION
Romney plunges into the campaign's final 67 days focused more than ever on jobs and the economy.
2. CLINT EASTWOOD GOES OFF-SCRIPTTaking the podium, the actor turns in a bizarre, unscripted endorsement of Romney.3. ISAAC LEAVES SOGGY MESS AS IT HEADS INTO NATION'S MIDSECTIONLouisiana residents without power or clean water face days of misery.4. COLORADO SHOOTING SUSPECT TRIED TO CALL DOCTORDefense says 9 minutes before the theater attack, James Holmes dialed an after-hours number hoping to reach psychiatrist.5. WHY THE FINANCIAL WORLD IS HANGING ON BERNANKE'S WORDSAt 10 a.m., the Fed chief will deliver a speech that might give clues about his next moves to strengthen the U.S. economy.6. HARVARD PROBING POSSIBLE EXAM CHEATINGThe allegations concern a take-home final exam, and now the university is considering an honor code.7. A LAST GOODBYE FOR NEIL ARMSTRONGLunar pioneers will attend a private service at 11 a.m. in Ohio for the hero-astronaut.8. HOW TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE: SLEEP MOREA campus-wide "flash nap" is one way schools are spreading the word that rested students are better students.9. CORONER REVEALS FINDINGS ON STALLONE'S SONSage Stallone died at age 36 from natural causes due to a heart condition.10. A PALACE FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALLA gleaming $60 million field of dreams opens tonight in Texas. (Where else?)
