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Premium content: A map of "Final Vote" tallies was one thing, a steady stream of tweets another. But for Freddie Freeman's father, it didn't really hit home that his son was a National League All-Star until he watched him part traffic Tuesday morning in downtown Manhattan. | MORE: Cespedes steals show from All-Stars, wins HR Derby
Premium content: Foreclosure notices are falling as sharply as they once rose. Through July, notices are down 42.5 percent from the same period of 2012.
3. SENATE SHOWDOWN ON FILIBUSTERS LOOMS
Several votes were set today on whether to allow simple-majority votes to confirm presidential nominees, after senators met overnight trying to hash out a deal.
The twins are her fourth and fifth offspring. Ensuring that both cubs survive is "tricky." | Live video: Watch Lun Lun on PandaCam | AJC video playlist: Zoo Atlanta's giant pandas
5. A BLOW TO MEXICO'S MOST FEARED DRUG CARTEL
Zetas gang leader Miguel Angel Trevino was captured by Mexican marines who intercepted a pickup truck with $2 million in cash in it.
6. AG CALLS MARTIN'S SHOOTING 'UNNECESSARY'
Eric Holder is speaking again about the acquittal of an ex-neighborhood watch man in the teen's death while an investigation into possible civil rights charges could take months. | VIDEO: 'Tragic, unnecessary'
7. JUROR: ZIMMERMAN JURY WAS INITIALLY SPLIT
The woman known as Juror B37 tells CNN that three out of six had favored conviction, but changed their minds. The juror has since dropped an idea to write a book. | MORE: Atlanta rallies protest acquittal
8. FREE LUNCH? IN CLAYTON AND ATLANTA, YES
Premium content: Georgia will become one of 10 states and the District of Columbia to participate in a federal program designed to streamline the delivery of school meal assistance to more students. | MORE: Goodbye M&M's, hello granola bars as school snacks
The country's president says it has seized a North Korean-flagged boat carrying what appear to be ballistic missiles and other arms from Cuba.
Her lawyers want to throw out a jury's finding that made her eligible for the death penalty for shooting and stabbing her on-again, off-again boyfriend.
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