State

• Gov. says Guard, state police may help in Chicago

• Police pose as pedestrians to nab errant drivers

• Grandmother's body switched at Ill. funeral home

National

• Midwest's flood-prone communities consider buyouts

• US judge to consider blocking 1st Guantanamo trial

• Bush set to survey Northern California wildfires

• Democrats try to spur more oil exploration

• US Airways pilots: We're pressured to cut fuel

• Bush to attend funeral for Tony Snow

International

• Iraq's al-Qaida fighters now 'furtive terrorists'

• NATO claims Taliban commander killed

• Funeral begins for returned Israeli soldier

• Pope says world's resources being squandered

• Report: Kuwait names ambassador to Iraq

Election

• Obama campaign raised $52 million in June

• McCain hasn't ignited the passions of evangelicals

ODD & Extraordinary

• Boy, 11, tracks speeders with toy radar gun

• Seattle lists 5 of its troubled toilets on eBay

• Woman accused of trying to bribe Wis. police

• Man claims he found a 7-inch knife in sandwich

• Man tries to bike, swim and run away from police

Entertainers, Entertainment and the Arts

• Hollywood studios, SAG at impasse after meeting

Science & The Environment

• Gore sets 'moon shot' goal on climate change

• Automakers offer hybrids for NYC taxi fleet

• NASA moon capsule running late, full of problems

• Scientists: $200M loss from Great Lakes invasives

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