National

• Wildfires sweep across Southern Calif.

• Family of Navy SEAL to get Medal of Honor

• Recall information

International

• Turkish convoy heads toward Iraqi border

• Turkey: 8 troops missing after ambush

• Polish opposition takes election

• More troops pledged for Afghanistan

Politics

• GOP rivals argue who's most conservative

• GOP hopefuls pile on Clinton

• Unions holding off on endorsements

• Analysis: Bush still relevant on Hill

ODD & extraordinary

• Fla. contest is awash with pumpkins

• Marksmen hunt escaped crocs in Thailand

• California man's sudoku number: 1

• Unemployed Colombian dons iron mask

Science

• CNN takes stock of a 'Planet in Peril'

• Soyuz craft lands short of destination

• Russia's space city frozen in time

• Ladybugs help New York as pest killers

• Inventor: Scans reveal Mona Lisa secrets

Other

• NASA sits on air safety survey

• Cheney: U.S. will not let Iran go nuclear

• 2 U.S. sailors shot to death in Bahrain

• Two Cabinet secretaries start blogs

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