State

• Police fire pepper balls, arrest 9 at Ill. fest

National

• Medically unfit truck drivers still on roads

• Hurricane Fausto grows to category 2 storm

• Massachusetts patient tested for mad cow disease

• 'Unfathomable' end for victim of womb-slash slay

• Group says it ordains 3 women Catholic priests

• Dream of gas tax holiday falters over job losses

  • Gas tax holiday could mean job losses in states

• Boston lightning strike injures 10 at soccer match

• Recall information

International

• Rescuers search off Guam for crew of crashed B-52

• Britain's Brown: Iran's Israel threats 'abhorrent'

• Former bin Laden driver pleads not guilty

• Myanmar cyclone damage estimated at $4 billion

• Zimbabwe power-sharing talks deal struck

Election

• Obama begins firsthand look at Baghdad

• Giuliani takes McCain out to the ballgame

• Dobson shifts positions, may endorse McCain

• Is media playing fair in campaign coverage?

ODD & Extraordinary

• Fish pedicures: Carp rid human feet of scaly skin

• It's the law: No sagging pants in Chicago suburb

• Pig caper: Police investigate swiped swine in Iowa

• Treasure in the trash: $20K earrings found in NYC

• Florida man wins Hemingway look-alike contest

• Gun advocacy group tours Idaho zoo while armed

• Worldwide Santa Clauses meet in Denmark

Entertainers, Entertainment and the Arts

• 'Dark Knight' sets weekend record with $155.34M

• Anderson: Reprising Scully character was 'odd'

• McCartney plays for thousands in free Quebec show

• Fallon to start 'Late Night' online, not on air

Science & The Environment

• Hundreds of baby penguins found dead in Brazil

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