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State

• Are big-city marathons getting too big?

National

• Defendant faked pregnancy, witnesses say

• Wis. town tries to recover after rampage

• Gov't. may buy thousands of Miss. homes

• House approves child safety reforms

• Girl, 4, dies of fall into Grand Canyon

• Feds make 1,313 gang arrests since June

• Army speeds up efforts to add to forces

International

• German wins Nobel Prize in chemistry

• Putin: Encourage Iran to be transparent

• U.S., Iraqis probe civilian killings

ODD & extraordinary

• Boy, 6, tries to drive to Applebees

• Woman accused of shoplifting with grandchild

• Politician took shortcut in marathon

• Hospital gives man drip-feed of vodka

• Cambodian police take cow into custody

• Top-ranked eater loses his crown

• Salesman donates kidney to ailing man

Politics

• Romney, Giuliani face off on taxes

• Debate on troop withdrawals put on hold

• Rice pushes 3 Latin America trade pacts

Science

• New fire-retardant gel can save homes

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