State

• Chicago police: Sending troopers is political move

National

• Boston man remembers Calif. couple who vanished

• US can't do much to stop determined Russia

• Study: Women rise in state government leadership

• Big-game hunters, police teach Marines to 'hunt'

• 8-year-old boy mauled by bear in Smoky Mountains

International

• Russia's Medvedev halts military action in Georgia

  • At UN: Confirmation of Russia's Georgia advance

  • Russia's vast energy supplies worry US

• Bomb hits Pakistan military truck; up to 14 dead

  • Lawmakers call Musharraf 'unfit,' demand he quit

• Iraqi leader gives refugees free flight home

Election

• Obama's 'no income taxes on seniors' draws critics

• Left or right, Obama books are hot

ODD & Extraordinary

• Groom charged with being too near bride at wedding

• Alleged drunk driver leaves door at crash scene

• Elvis and Priscilla Barbie Doll set is unveiled

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Bush wants some endangered species rules extinct

• Nature group says humpback whales recovering

• NASA safety panel worries about moon ship design

Entertainment, Entertainers, and the Arts

• 'Indy' heads to home video with Oct. 14 release

• Review: 'Clone Wars' is fun though forgettable

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