State

• States cut spending, put projects on hold

National

• Police: Mall shooting suspect upset over purchase

• Stevens brings in some famous friends to testify

• Report: NSA listened in on personal military calls

• Financial meltdown hits ivory towers

• A year later, Creation Museum claiming big crowds

• GPS could save airlines time and fuel

• Senators push for immigration raid guidelines

• Tax experts suggest ways to close $300 billion gap

International

• Sources: US nears removing N. Korea from terror list

• Former Finnish president wins Nobel Peace Prize

• Aide says Dalai Lama's surgery ends successfully

• NATO: Troops can target Afghan drug operations

• Official: 10 die in suicide attack in NW Pakistan

• Thousands of al-Sadr supporters mourn lawmaker

• UN: 100 migrants feared drowned off Yemen

Election

• McCain raises Ayers in anti-Obama ad

• Obama plans half-hour TV ad days before election

• McCain losing ground with working-class whites

• Sensitive Palin ethics report kept secret, for now

• Palin wrongly suggests Congress bans oil exports

ODD & Extraordinary

• Man to hold 'I was stupid' sign outside Wis. plant

• Have mummy, will travel: Mexican corpses on tour

• Drunken man finds his way home -- just not his home

• Ice chunk falls through roof, hits woman in bed

• Massachusetts judge rejects Holocaust memoir suit

• A built-in deal: Free house, if you'll haul it off

• Strong-arm robber in Mich. ends up $30 in the hole

• Lump sum too big a gamble for $42M lottery

• Leaping dolphin gives Fla. boaters cuts, bruises

• Judge sentences rap music fan to Bach, Beethoven

• Who-dunnit: Owl found on animal hospital doorstep

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Scientists: Virginia shark's pup a 'virgin birth'

• Western group petitions for species protection

• Satellites collect data on sea temperatures, reefs

Entertainment, Entertainers, and the Arts

• Christian drama 'Fireproof' has unexpected success

• Pitt's 1st 'Make It Right' homes complete in La.

• Jolie apparently breast-feeding on W magazine cover

• USA Today best-sellers

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