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SelectPlusAP Top StoriesAP Top StoriesThe Associated PressHere's the latest news for Tuesday August 5: Tropical Storm Edouard eyes Texas; Powerful storms roll through Chicago; Russian author is remembered; Morgan Freeman continues to recover after car crash.[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]This is A-P NewsMinute. Tropical Storm Eduoardo has its eye on the Gulf coast of Texas. The storm -- which is expected to strengthen -- should make landfall near Galveston this afternoon. Right now, winds are sustained at about 65 miles per hour ... With stronger gusts. Tens of thousands of people across northern Illinois lost power after strong storms ripped though the Midwest Monday night. A tornado warning forced the evacuation of the stands at Wrigley Field during the Cubs Astros game. Tornado sirens blared in downtown Chicago ... And hundreds of flights were canceled at O'Hare Airport. Hundreds of Russians lined up in the rain to pay tribue to Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The Russian author, dissident and patriot died over the weekend. He will be buried on Wednesday -- at Moscow's Donskoi Monastery. Actor Morgan Freeman continues to recover following a Mississippi car accident that left him in the hospital. Freeman's car flipped over several times -- ending up in a ditch. Freeman suffered a broken arm and a broken elbow. ___ ___, The Associated Press with AP NewsMinute. (****END****) VOICE:---------------------------------------PRODUCER:--------------------------­-------------VIDEO APPROVAL:--------------------------------------- Station: Affiliation: Location: Contact: Number: E-Mail:

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