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(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

1.	Republican pundits open fire on Sarah Palin
2.	Clamor grows over CIA secrets
3.	Activists push ballot initiative to end state benefits for illegal immigrants and their U.S.-born children
4.	Indiana prison escape: Officials hunting for 3 inmates
5.	As the Hollywood machine abandons L.A., its supporting workers struggle

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

2008 Beijing Games Day 9

Serena Williams, left, and her sister, Venus, celebrate winning the gold medal in doubles at Beijing, after beating Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain. The sisters also won the gold in the event at the Sydney Games.