State

• Singers pay tribute at gospel music's birthplace

National

• Tropical Storm Edouard moving toward Texas coast

• Bush heads to Asia for diplomacy and sports

• Rural volunteer fire depts. struggle to recruit

• In US, gas prices mean more riders, fewer buses

• Fed likely to hold rates steady amid crosscurrents

• Recall information

• School bully problem? Send in the clown

International

• Attackers kill 16 police at Chinese border post

• 2 US soldiers killed by roadside bomb in Baghdad

• Al-Qaida: Explosives expert wanted by US killed

• Helicopters to attempt rescue of climber on K-2

Election

• Obama ad calls for return of windfall profits tax

• Poll: McCain's attack strategy paying dividends

  • Paris Hilton's mom takes offense at McCain's humor

ODD & Extraordinary

• Boys bounce for 24 hours in world record attempt

• Bikers down to bare basics for eco demonstration

• Man presumed dead in 1976 Colo. flood found alive

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Low-cost SpaceX rocket launch test fails

• Invasive species bills stuck in Congress

• Scientist: World's smallest snake in Barbados

Entertainers, Entertainment and the Arts

• 'Dark Knight' grabs $43.8M more, nears $400M

• Solzhenitsyn's life 'difficult but happy'

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