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Romney Adopts Harder Message for Last StretchBy JEFF ZELENY and JIM RUTENBERG
Mitt Romney is heading into his nominating convention with his advisers convinced he needs a more combative footing against President Obama.
By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE
Lobbyists, corporate executives, trade associations and donors exploit legal loopholes, making each party's quadrennial convention a gathering of money and influence unrivaled in politics.
Neil Armstrong 1930-2012
Made 'Giant Leap' as First Man to Step on Moon
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
Neil Armstrong became a global hero as the first human to set foot on an extraterrestrial body.
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QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"They are willing to risk the uncertain dangers of the trip north to escape certain dangers they face at home."
JESSICA JONES, of the Women's Refugee Commission, on an advocacy group, on young Central American migrants who said they were seeking to escape gangs and drug traffickers at home.