National

• Police raid Md. mayor's home and kill his dogs

• Report: Bus crash north of Dallas kills 12

• Illegal immigrant from Honduras executed in Texas

• Ariz. officials: Migrant-packed SUV rolls, kills 9

International

• Beijing quiet before opening ceremony

• Bush, Chinese leader exchange warm greeting

  • Bush gives pep talks to US Olympians in Beijing

• US weighs stepped-up military forays into Pakistan

• American deaths in Afghanistan war reach 500

• Former bin Laden driver gets light sentence

Election

• McCain seeks to define himself and Obama

• Play of the Day:
  Obama and pancakes on the go

• Officials say Bill Clinton to address Democrats

ODD & Extraordinary

• Chicago cop suspended for demanding free Starbucks

• Two arrested after using barbecue pit as a weapon

• 10-year-old bullfighter sparks debate in France

• Grandma arrested for driving with child on roof

• Angry moviegoer allegedly tosses computer monitor

• Cops follow Cheetos trail to nail burglar suspects

• Police: Pa. man rams home with semi during fight

• Mewing models slink into NYC hotel fashion show

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Bulgarian archaeologists discover ancient chariot

• Fingerprints now used to find drugs, explosives

• CERN's new collider to fire 1st beam next month

Entertainers, Entertainment and the Arts

• Morgan Freeman discharged from Tenn. hospital

Today

• This day in history

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