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<p><noscript>[&amp;lt;a href=&#8221;http://storify.com/MacleansMag/aug-30-2012-the-morning-s-top-stories&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&amp;gt;View the story &#8220;Aug. 30, 2012: The morning&#8217;s top stories&#8221; on Storify&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;h1&amp;gt;Aug. 30, 2012: The morning&#8217;s top stories&amp;lt;/h1&amp;gt; &amp;lt;h2&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/h2&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Storified by Maclean&#8217;s Magazine &amp;amp;middot; Thu, Aug 30 2012 06:12:50&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;U.S. politics:&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Condi Rice takes the #RNC2012 stage, immediately recalls morning of Sept. 11th: http://pic.twitter.com/DlJaZY9bFOX 13 Tampa Bay&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Paul Ryan ends the night with his family. http://pic.twitter.com/GFQBycvxJason Behnken&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Ann Romney to me after Ryan speech, asked what she thought:&amp;amp;quot;Very good. Very good.&amp;amp;quot;Mark Halperin&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Hey, everyone: I&#8217;ll be taking your questions online today. Ask yours here: http://OFA.BO/gBof44 -boBarack Obama&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;What was the most difficult decision that you had to make during this term?FifthSurprise&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;The decision to surge our forces in afghanistan. Any time you send our brave men and women into battle, you know that not everyone will come home safely, and that necessarily weighs heavily on you. The decision did help us blunt the taliban&#8217;s momentum, and is allowing us to transition to afghan lead &#8211; so we will have recovered that surge at the end of this month, and will end the war at the end of 2014. But knowing of the heroes that have fallen is something you never forget.PresidentObama&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;International headlines:&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Albright, Suu Kyi sons among 2,000 removed from Myanmar blacklist http://reut.rs/OxWaWQ: #news #breakingBreaking News&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;NHC: Tropical Storm #Kirk forms in the middle Atlantic becoming the 11th named storm of the season. http://on.cnn.com/SMX9Z3CNN Breaking News&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;National news:&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Zimmer&#8217;s wife was acting &amp;amp;quot;erratically&amp;amp;quot; in lead up to airplane incident. Senator standing by her http://ow.ly/dl8y7 #cdnpoli #senatorswifeElizabeth Thompson&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Bill for Jack Layton’s state funeral: $368,326 | http://bit.ly/O5FqqOiPolitics&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Wheels fall off: Less than 24 hours after finance minister stepped down, three more B.C. Liberals set to resign http://natpo.st/PyDZzS #bcpoliWill&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;8 Canadian political sex scandals—and one maybe http://ow.ly/dkd0z #cdnpoliMaclean&#8217;s Magazine&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Sports:&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;NHL CBA talks to resume Thursday afternoon. Could be push back to Friday.Renaud P Lavoie&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Lance Armstrong, at the World Cancer Congress in Montreal. http://pic.twitter.com/2bha9aZ1Ron Villejo, Ph.D.&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;amp;quot;One of my biggest dreams came true here in 2005. This feels like the perfect place to retire.&amp;amp;quot; -Kim Clijsters #USOpen http://t.co/5qEIRIv7WTA&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;For those who didn&#8217;t see Mcgrattan&#8217;s tweet about the Turris deal before he deleted it #NHL #NHLPA #Sens http://t.co/R2RJb4JPCaliber Carpentry&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Entertainment:&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Letterman’s Paul Shaffer to Host 2012 Canada’s Walk of Fame Awards: David Letterman’s musical director and sidek&#8230; http://bit.ly/QCZJAhOneRedLeafEntCA&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Protecting Sarah Polley&#8217;s secret: http://ow.ly/dkptk @briandjohnson on why he&#8217;s glad he kept mum #filmMaclean&#8217;s Magazine&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;</noscript></p>


Aug. 30, 2012: Top headlines

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