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

1. ROMNEY'S MOST IMPORTANT SPEECH SO FAR--Millions will be watching as the nominee addresses the GOP convention Thursday night.

2. POLICE: 100-YEAR-OLD DRIVER HITS 11 NEAR SCHOOL--The screams of women and children didn't prompt the elderly driver to stop.

3. HOW NEW ORLEANS FARED AGAINST ISAAC--The city's fortified levees appear to have withstood one of their stiffest challenges yet.

4. A NIGHT OF EMPOWERMENT FOR THE DISABLED--Stephen Hawking — who has shown that physical disabilities do not limit human potential — leads the opening of the 2012 Paralympics.

5. WHAT'S UP AT THE PUMP THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND--It's Isaac's fault: Gas prices jumped Wednesday and will keep rising for several days.

6. WHY CHICAGO TEACHERS ARE TALKING STRIKE--Pay, job security and performance evaluations are among issues in the nation's third-largest district.

7. PAYING WITH CELLPHONE APPS — MAYBE--AP tech writer Anick Jesdanun tested four systems, with sometimes chaotic results.

8. INTERNET CAT VIDEO FESTIVAL. IN A MUSEUM--Bring your camera, and Fluffy too — on a leash — as the well-regarded Walker Art Center showcases 70 kitty flicks Thursday.

9. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICHAEL JACKSON--A vigil is held outside the pop star's childhood home on the day he would have turned 54.

10. ROGER CLEMENS' COMEBACK CONTINUES--The 50-year-old will make his second start for the minor-league Sugar Land Skeeters on Sept. 7.