State

• Tiny suburb fights Chicago over airport project

National

• On tape, abducted girl describes brother's murder

• Highway crashes kill more than 41,000 in 2007

  • Traffic deaths at a glance

• Court says copyrights apply even for free software

• Jury rejects assault suit against Osteen's wife

• Doctor behind executions speaks out

• Former half-ton man endures hard times in Nebraska

International

• Russian blockade continues in Gori

  • Bush hits Russia on 'bullying and intimidation'

  • War shows that Putin is running things in Russia

• US: Quds, Hezbollah training hit squads in Iran

• Musharraf spokesman denies he's set to quit

Election

• Obama targets Olympic audience with economic TV ad

• McCain running a tighter, less rambling campaign

ODD & Extraordinary

• Gas pump malfunction sells premium for 38 cents

• 3rd donkey found wandering around Tenn. town

• Texas police say 12-year-old girl drove mom to bar

• Minister gets jail for stealing flock's identities

• British recycling leaflets show wrong Birmingham

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Worrying invasive snail found in Lake Michigan

• Farmers get money for capturing carbon

• Ocean dead zones become a worldwide problem

• NASA delays robotic moon mission until 2009

Entertainment, Entertainers, and the Arts

• Leonardo: Artist, inventor, matchmaker?

Today

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