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Also: Eypt's Morsi moves to reconvene parliament; Annan says he had "constructive" talks with Syria's Assad; bomb kills six Americans in Afghanistan; video shows woman's public execution by Taliban; and Mitt Romney raised $106 million in June.

Officials say Janbaz Zadran is the most senior Haqqani leader to be killed in Pakistan. The U.S. government says the Haqqani network has been responsible for multiple attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan.

American Lance Armstrong powers his way to a commanding lead on the second-to-last day of the Tour de France. He is expected to win a record sixth straight Tour victory Sunday. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and Frankie Andreu, a nine-time Tour de France contender.

Also: there's finally some good news about Colorado Springs' wildfire; Mexico's PRI returns to power; Barclays' chairman quits; Spain defeats Italy in in Euro 2012 soccer; Tiger Woods wins the tournament he hosts.

Retailers filed lawsuits against the credit card companies for placing restrictions on surcharges. The settlement eases those restrictions.

Also: Medicare paid billions for poor nursing home care; Boeing proposes fix for 787 Dreamliner's lithium-ion batteries.

Visa, MasterCard and some of the largest banks in the country have agreed to pay more than $6 billion to settle a lawsuit that claimed they conspired to fix credit card payment fees. The suit was brought on behalf of seven million merchants. The agreement could have wide-ranging implications for retailers and consumers. Steve Henn talks to Melissa Block.

In much of the developing world, social stigma attached to AIDS has made testing uncommon. But in Bostwana, where some 40 percent of the adult population is infected, health officials have even enlisted the president in a public campaign to make testing routine. Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television reports.

His clothes may have been seen by more people than any other tailor on earth. And you probably don't know his name. On Tuesday, you'll get a chance to see his work, when the President of the United States gives his State of the Union speech in a hand-made suit from Georges De Paris. NPR's Kitty Eisele talks with the man known as "Tailor to the Presidents."

The 4-year-old made the rest of the field in England's Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot look like they didn't belong to be on the same track with him. His brother, Bullet Train, looked like a steam engine in comparison.

A decades-old British institution is on its way out. The BBC says it will retire the show Top of the Pops. The program lost its allure as THE place for rock bands to be seen.

There's a clever new adaptation of the play Cyrano de Bergerac now being performed at the Shakespeare Theater in Washington D.C. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with the playwright Barry Kornhauser about the show, and they talk about the history of the classic French play.