State

• Public tipsters help foil fugitive murder suspect

National

• Bertha becomes 1st hurricane of Atlantic season

• Congress ready to take up pared-down summer agenda

• Theft of car anti-pollution device up across US

• Weather helps crews battling California wildfires

• FDA reports more cases of salmonella illnesses

• Recall information

International

• Iraq's al-Maliki wants short-term US agreement

• Bush: Russia's new president is 'smart guy'

• 40 dead in Indian embassy blast in Afghan capital

• 9 hurt in 1st day of Spain's running of the bulls

Election

• McCain touts plan to create jobs, help workers

• Old guy vs. change: McCain, Obama images take shape

• Obama takes day off campaign trail in Chicago

ODD & Extraordinary

• Miniature dachshund gnaws off owner's toe

• 2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videos

• UK court: Pringles are potato-light, tax-free

• Man accused of faking heart attacks to avoid bills

• Tortoise returned after 2 1/2 weeks on the lam

• Minn. teen charged with offering vote on eBay

• Man out-spits father, claims pit-spitting title

• Crazy cat that frightened neighborhood mends ways

• Champ retains hot-dog eating title in overtime

Entertainers, Entertainment and the Arts

• 'Hancock' grabs heroic $107.3M over long weekend

Science & The Environment

• Study: Orangutan populations declining sharply

• Grief leads father to create bomb-defusing robot

Today

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