Ellington

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that people will be talking about today:

1. AS ISAAC NEARS, DARK MEMORIES OF KATRINA--Uneasy residents are assured that New Orleans' fortified levees can withstand the anticipated hurricane.

2. A NOT-SO-HEARTY PARTY AS CLOUDS GATHER--Politics has become an awkward enterprise at the GOP convention.

3. HOW ANTI-OBAMA FLICK SQUARES WITH THE FACTS--"2016: Obama's America" argues — unconvincingly — that Obama was heavily influenced by his father's leftist politics.

4. QURAN BURNING PROBE CITES POOR GUIDANCE, MISCOMMUNICATION--U.S. military says six soldiers got punishments but no criminal charges for the episode that roiled relations with Afghans.

5. A FEW SECONDS, 16 ROUNDS, 9 WOUNDED BYSTANDERS--Experts say the NYC shooting shows the challenges police juggle with semiautomatic weapons.

6. HOW SMOKING POT MAY AFFECT TEENS YEARS LATER--Research suggests that regular use before age 18 can cause a long-term drop in IQ.

7. WHY ONE STATION WON'T AIR 'THE NEW NORMAL'--Mormon church-owned KSL says the sitcom is "inappropriate on several dimensions, especially during family viewing time."

8. MEET THE MAN WHO STARTED THE PARALYMPICS--Sir Ludwig Guttmann, a neurosurgeon who fled the Nazis, pioneered the athletic competition as therapy for patients.

9. PIANIST VAN CLIBURN HAS ADVANCED BONE CANCER--He's performed for every president since Harry Truman and got New York's only ticker tape parade for a classical musician.

10. THE AX FALLS IN THE NFL--QB Vince Young is the biggest name to lose his job as pro football teams trim their rosters.