10 Things to Know Today

1. GOP CONVENTION POISED FOR ANTICLIMACTIC OPENING

At 2 p.m., Romney’s con­ven­tion sput­ters to life with the bang­ing of a gavel in a mostly empty hall, hardly the open­ing splash intended for the nation. It will recess 10 min­utes later because of Trop­i­cal Storm Isaac.

2. ISAAC HEADED FOR GULF COAST STATES

Fore­cast­ers pre­dict the trop­i­cal storm will grad­u­ally inten­sify into a Cat­e­gory 2 hur­ri­cane and strike Wednes­day between Mor­gan City, La., and Des­tin, Fla.

3. PARENTS URGED TO CIRCUMCISE NEWBORNS

AP Med­ical Writer Lind­sey Tan­ner reports that an influ­en­tial pedi­a­tri­cians group says the health ben­e­fits of cir­cum­ci­sion in new­born boys out­weigh any risks and insur­ance com­pa­nies should pay for it.

4. WHAT POLITICAL CONVENTIONS MEAN NOW

AP’s Senior Man­ag­ing Edi­tor Michael Oreskes explores how nom­i­nees use these gath­er­ings to woo less par­ti­san vot­ers who usu­ally decide the election.

5. ONCE AN INNOVATOR, HP LOOKING BEHIND THE TIMES

PC maker Hewlett-Packard, com­ing off a five-year stretch of mis­cal­cu­la­tions, is in such des­per­ate need of a reboot that many investors are writ­ing off its chances of a comeback.

6. WHAT IRAQIS ARE CHEWING ON

Bagh­dadis are wit­ness­ing a wave of new American-style restau­rants, entic­ing cus­tomers hun­gry for alter­na­tives to tra­di­tional foods. And big multi­na­tional chains are not the ones dri­ving the fad.

7. WHY AMERICAN TALIBAN SAYS PRISON POLICY IS UNJUST

John Walker Lindh, charged with sup­port­ing ter­ror­ists, is going to court because he can’t pray with a group each day.

8. NTSB TO SAY WHAT WENT WRONG AT RENO AIR SHOW

At 9:30 a.m., fed­eral inves­ti­ga­tors will deter­mine the cause of the deadly 2011 crash of a mod­i­fied World War II-era fighter plane into a spec­ta­tor area in Reno, Nev.

9. HOW SOME WOMEN IN TOGO PLAN TO APPLY POLITICAL PRESSURE

They’re call­ing for a week-long sex strike start­ing today to demand the president’s resignation.

10. TENNIS’S FINAL MAJOR GETS UNDER WAY

Defend­ing cham­pion Saman­tha Sto­sur kicks off the U.S. Open in a match against Petra Mar­tic of Croa­tia, hop­ing a return to the scene of her great­est tri­umph will help her end a trou­bling trend of early exits.

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