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>> woodruff: track and field heats up at the london olympics as gymnastics winds down. we get the latest from christine brennan of "u.s.a. today." >> brown: and we remember robert hughes and judith crist, two legendary critics of the arts whose deaths remind us of another era. >> warner: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive...

in drought relief. he directed the agriculture department to authorize the money to help farmers and ranchers hit by the worst drought in decades. no congressional approval is needed to use the money. the president called on congress to pass a stalled $500 billion farm bill. now to the presidential campaign and latest abc news poll on the candidates favorability. romney's favorability has dropped to 40% among americans polled. 49%, view the candidate unfavorably. president obama's numbers are up slightly. with a 53% favorable view. 43% have an unfavorable view of the president. his...

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and that he especially cried about the child. judge larry burns questioned loughner who is now 23. loughner answered directly with short answers. asked if he understood, he was taking responsibility for the deadly attack, he said, yes. i understand. loughner showed no emotion when the judge read him the names of the victims and asked him if he understood his guilty plea. do you have a clear mind, a clear head? yes, loughner answered. i do. his own lawyers did not object or try to prevent him from pleading. giffords, who wasn't in court, said she was satisfied with the plea. her husba...

moved in on militants blamed for a surge in violence that climaxed in a dramatic cross- border raid on sunday. gunmen had already killed 16 egyptian guards before they commandeered this armored car. only a missile from an israeli aircraft brought them finally to a halt more than a mile inside this israeli territory. israel's prime minister called this a wake-up call for egypt to root out radical groups taking up residence in the sinai desert. >> we felt for the last year and a half that the sinai region has become the wild west. the wild west may have been fun in the movies, but in r...