National

• Officials: Boy With Matches Started Fire

• Power Problems Trouble Discovery Mission

International

• Accused Madrid Bomb Mastermind Acquitted

• 'Taliban Surrounded' in Kandahar Fight

• Congo Refugees Tell of Atrocities

• With U.S. Help, Ship Crew Defeats Pirates

• China to Build New Space Rockets

• Cuba Warns U.S. Against Regime Change

Politics

• Bill Makes Do Not Call Listings Forever

• House Bill Requires More Weather Radios

• Obama, Edwards Take on Clinton in Debate

• Giuliani: Illegals Are a Federal Problem

ODD & Extraordinary

• Hunting Dog Shoots Man

• Boy, 7, Takes Car Out for Spin, Crashes

• Woman Wants Pig Sitter Charged for Abuse

• Playing Cards Advise Troops on Artifacts

• Traffic Stop Yields Embalmed Heads

• Tax Law: Are You Eating Those Pumpkins?

Science

• Scientists Note Brain's Reaction to Fear

People

• Singer Robert Goulet Dies at Age 73

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