National

• Tropical Storm Fay stays on Florida's coast

• States push laws to require paid sick days

• Court hears arguments in WWII land dispute

• 47 companies bid on Gulf offshore oil leases

• Study: Cost often not factor when picking college

International

• Rice signs missile defense deal with Poland

• Food aid sent in to suffering Georgian area

• N. Korea vows to boost 'war deterrent'

• Pirates seize Malaysian tanker off Somalia's coast

Election

• Obama, VP choice to campaign together Saturday

• Campaigns take cash, seek details later

• McCain, Obama to silence critical ads on Sept. 11

ODD & Extraordinary

• Sailor, knocked from boat, rescued 12 hours later

• Ohio student aces ACT and SAT tests

• Calif. says green cars need more noise pollution

• Armed 85-year-old woman makes intruder call cops

• Wisconsin couple each win $350,000 in lottery

• Cell phone photo foils man in Pizza Hut plot

• N.Y. state firefighters deliver 3 babies in transit

• Mich. trooper fatally shoots 7-foot python

• Suit accuses restaurant of giving man big tapeworm

Science, Technology & The Environment

• NASA fixes moonship shaking with shock absorbers

• Researcher says Bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit

Entertainment, Entertainers, and the Arts

• Moore's memoir: Being Bond was sometimes scary

Today

• This day in history

• The nation's weather