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1.	Republican pundits open fire on Sarah Palin
2.	As the Hollywood machine abandons L.A., its supporting workers struggle
3.	Activists push ballot initiative to end state benefits for illegal immigrants and their U.S.-born children
4.	Clamor grows over CIA secrets
5.	Marking the 50th anniversary of the first U.S. nuclear meltdown

Thursday: The day in photos

Running with the bulls in Pamplona

Remembering Michael Jackson

Military operation in Afghanistan's Helmand province

Fans mourn Michael Jackson

Olympians in the movies

Carl Lewis

Won: Nine gold medals and one silver in the 1984 (L.A.), 1988 (Seoul), 1992 (Barcelona), and 1996 (Atlanta) Olympic games for various track and field events.

Screen time: From "Perfect Strangers" in 1988 to "Bigger, Stronger, Faster" in 2008, he's portrayed himself in a number of roles. As an actor, he's broken out in lots of roles in smaller-budget films, including "Tournament of Dreams" (2007), "Material Girls" (2006), "The Last Adam" (2006) and "Alien Hunter" (2003).