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1.	Republican pundits open fire on Sarah Palin
2.	Clamor grows over CIA secrets
3.	Marking the 50th anniversary of the first U.S. nuclear meltdown
4.	The end of Obamania
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

A police victory is punished

Juan Jose Soriano, 35, deputy commander of the Tecate, Mexico, police force, arrests an unidentified suspect. Soriano was gunned down after he helped U.S. authorities locate a drug-smuggling tunnel in Tecate last year.