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1.	Republican pundits open fire on Sarah Palin
2.	Activists push ballot initiative to end state benefits for illegal immigrants and their U.S.-born children
3.	As the Hollywood machine abandons L.A., its supporting workers struggle
4.	The end of Obamania
5.	Calderon's drug offensive stirs 'wasp nest'

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

Georgia-Russian crisis: August 2008

August 22, 2008

A resident of Gori takes a Georgian flag to Stalin Square in the heart of the central Georgian city, which was cut off from the rest of the country by Russian forces for the last two weeks.