TOP NEWS
By STEVEN YACCINO, JENNIFER PRESTON and SERGE F. KOVALESKI
Officials said the gunman, shot and killed by the police, was Wade Michael Page, an Army veteran who a rights watchdog said had white supremacist ties.
By DAMIEN CAVE and HWAIDA SAAD
Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab, apparently the highest ranking civilian official to defect, fled with his family to Jordan, activists said, while the Syrian government said he had been fired.
By JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG
New York State's banking regulator said Standard Chartered Bank hid about 60,000 transactions worth at least $250 billion within the bank.
The Caucus
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE
The fund-raising machine behind Mitt Romney and the Republican Party raised $25 million more in July than the president.
By DUNCAN IRVING
Canada led the United States, which is seeking its third straight gold medal and has not lost a match to its northern neighbor since 2001, at the half.