State

• O'Hare worker caught in federal sting gets 2 years

• 4th prison term looms for serial sock-snatcher

National

• Finding JonBenet's killer remains 'final goal'

  • DNA in JonBenet case left behind in skin cells

  • Timeline of JonBenet Ramsey case

• Flames force California residents to flee again

• AMA to apologize to black doctors for racism

• Justice softens hardball tactics with corporations

• Census: New Orleans fastest-growing city in US

• US Airways will stop movies on domestic flights

International

• Iran test-fires more missiles in Persian Gulf

  • US says Iranian-sponsored attacks in Iraq falling

• 2 Taliban killed by group of Afghan villagers

• N. Korea nuclear talks resume, focus on verification

Election

• Obama accepts Jackson's apology for crude remark

• McCain: Social Security funding now 'a disgrace'

• Obama stokes veep speculation with Hillary flight

ODD & Extraordinary

• $55,000 found in St. Louis County Jail bathroom

• Conn. man survives when lunchbox stops bullets

• Fashion bug: Teens turn dead cicadas into jewelry

• Mo. gov. cancels ceremony after honorees a no-show

• Denver-to-Des Moines flight delayed by ticks

• Calif. pol says gas prizes could help fuel lottery

• Dallas police find cocaine in car used by officers

Entertainers, Entertainment and the Arts

• Hospital: 'Impossible' to see inside Jolie's room

• 'Clone Wars' orbits Hollywood for Aug. 10 premiere

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