State

• Ill. fundraiser Rezko, freed on bond, returns to his trial

• Chicago-style politics live on in Cook County

• 36 shootings, 9 homicides reported in Chicago over weekend

National

• Officials try to determine polygamist family ties

• Rice says Carter warned against meeting Hamas

• Struggling homeowners could get new government-backed loans

• Catching problems early, schools try to avoid special ed

• Writers push to keep Internet unregulated

International

• Al-Qaida No. 2 says Iran propagated 9/11 theory

• Hamas says will accept Gaza cease-fire

• US, France draft UN resolution to battle pirates off Somalia

• Ex-Soviet Georgia: Russia shot down unmanned spy plane

Election

• Clinton and Obama question each other's qualifications

• Obama is flush, Clinton in debt

• McCain says winning over black voters will be tough

ODD & Extraordinary

• Albany, N.Y., mail carrier saves baby falling from window

• Buddy wins 'beautiful bulldog' contest

• Church holds service in bar to reach new people

• Disney workers recover rings mistakenly trashed

• Video of man stuck in elevator for 41 hours

Entertainment

• Disney unveils nature film unit after success of 'Penguins'

• Michael Moore endorses Obama, chides Clinton

Science

• Hawking: Intelligent life unlikely on other planets

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