Regional

• Punkin' Chuckin' in Pumpkin Capital

National

• Gloomy weather threatens shuttle launch

• Oral Roberts says devil won't steal ORU

• Robbers get $400,000 in Ariz. bank heist

• U.S. might delay missile defense

• Woman convicted in fetus theft case

• Study IDs identity thieves

• Heavy rains flood parts of New Orleans

International

• Bin Laden urges Iraq insurgents to unite

Politics

• GOP considers delegate cut for 5 states

ODD & extraordinary

• Fla. divers compete in pumpkin carving

• Boy's calls to 911 lead to Mom's arrest

• Parrot imitates fire alarm, saves family

• Man sits on burglar until police arrive

• Firefighter revives cat after house fire

• Chinese man, 106, marries woman, 81

Science

• Engineers to search for Leonardo fresco

• Caribbean urged to face warming risks

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