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Santos enters the race as an underdog — abandoned by many fellow Republicans while facing investigations over a myriad of allegations about falsehoods during his last campaign.

Opening statements were to begin Monday in the United Nations-backed trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor who faces 11 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone's civil war. Prosecutors say Taylor orchestrated war crimes that include mass murder, rape, and the use of child soldiers.

U.S. employers added 187,000 jobs in July, still marking a steady pace of growth. The unemployment rate edged down to 3.5%.

Forget Metallica and Megadeth: the lovelorn hero of Jules Massenet's opera 'Werther' romanticizes suicide far more than heavy metal headbangers ever have.

Monday night's college basketball championship pits the priciest program in the country against one of the penny pinchers. Vegas likes Duke, but Indianapolis — and much of the rest of the hoops world — loves Butler.

From frustrated newlyweds who don't know what to do with each other, to an arranged marriage of inconvenience, this double bill from Ireland's Wexford Festival features the little-heard short operas The Marriage contract by Rossini and An Insufficient Education by Chabrier.

Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema, leader of a coup in Gabon last week, has been sworn in as interim president, while the deposed former president remains detained at his residence.

The singer of such hits as "Walking on the Sun" and "All Star" died of acute liver failure in his home in Boise, Idaho.

A search is under way for a small plane carrying aviation adventurer Steve Fossett. Federal officials say he took off in the single-engine plane Monday at a private airstrip in western Nevada and didn't return as scheduled. A friend reported him missing.

Also: Isabel Allende's love of Zorro; Lemony Snicket makes a Twitter appearance; Cat Marnell's book proposal was leaked.