RENEWED FIGHTING IN ALEPPO. Syrian Regime Claims To Be In Control.
Government-run media report Syrian troops control the area, but rebels forces are still fighting to control that city.

OBAMA TRASHES POSSIBLE VP CANDIDATES. Decides To Release A List.
Democrats point out the shortcomings of Christie, Pawlenty, Portman and Rubio before the Republican presidential candidate chooses a running mate.

JOURNALISTS HEADING TO COURT. Seeking Colorado Shooter Facts.

1306 King Wenceslas of Poland is murdered.
1570 Charles IX France signs the Treaty of St. Germain, ending the third religion.
1636 Invading armies of Spain, Austria and Bavaria stopped 50 miles from France.
1648 Ibrahim, the sultan of Istanbul, is thrown into prison, then assassinated.
1786 Jacques Balmat & Michael-Gabriel Baccard the first to climb Mont Blanc, France.
1844 Brigham Young is chosen to head the Mormon Church, succeeding Joseph Smith.
1863 Confederate President Jefferson Davis refuses General RE. Lee's resignation.

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The NY Department of Health will be conducting aerial larviciding via a low-flying helicopter to help prevent West Nile Virus today, through 8/9/12 and until 8:00 PM daily in Bronx zip codes 10464, 10475.

While days are allotted for this activity, the application may be completed in less time. In the event of inclement weather, spraying may occur during the same hours thru 8/10/12. For more information, visit http://on.nyc.gov/O2Xl3v or call 311.

ANY REASONS AND ALL THE FACTS BEHIND SIKH SHOOTINGS. May Never Be Made Public.
That gunman is dead and there is no trial, so whatever these investigators find out concerning those white supremacist movements may remain a secret.

ERNESTO REACHES LAND. Blowing Across The Yucatan Peninsula.
Hurricane Ernesto weakens into a tropical storm, but moves across the Mexican resort region and is expected to resume hurricane strength when it continues towards the sea.

EGYPT FIRES INTO SINAI. Suspected Islamic Militants.

The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today said that, according to reports it has received, Syria is experiencing critical shortages in medicines and pharmaceutical products.

“The recent escalation of clashes had resulted in substantial damages to the pharmaceutical plants located in rural Aleppo, Homs and Rural Damascus, where 90 per cent of the country’s plants were located,” a WHO spokesperson, Tarik Jasarevic, told reporters in Geneva today. “Many of these plants had now closed down, thus resulting in a critical shortage of medicines.”

216 BC Hannibal Barca wins his greatest victory over the Romans at Cannae.
47 BC Caesar defeats Pharnaces at Zela in Syria and declares, "veni, vidi, vici,"
1552 The treaty of Passau gives religious freedom to German Protestants.
1553 An invading French army is destroyed at the Battle of Marciano in Italy.
1589 During France's religious war, a monk stabs and kills King Henry II.
1776 The Continental Congress makes the Declaration of Independence.
1802 Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed "Consul for Life" by the French Senate.