State

• Reports of wire taps emerge in Drew Peterson case

• Chicago cop accused of shaking down tow operators

• NTSB investigates near collision at O'Hare

National

• Texas levees hold but waters rise in Dolly's rains

• Federal minimum wage rises to $6.55 today

• Pentagon to recommend more troops for Afghanistan

  • Fatal MRAP accidents prompt warnings

  • Cost big factor in decision to sack destroyer

• Housing bill won't solve market's problems

• Schwarzenegger threatens minimum wage for workers

• Killings turn focus on San Francisco sanctuary law

• Feds to release report on Utah mine disaster

• Gates, Bloomberg pool riches to fight smoking

International

• Vast oil, natural gas reserves estimated in Arctic

• Israel to build new settlement in West Bank

• Helicopter rescues 2 Italian climbers in Pakistan

Election

• Obama arrives in Berlin and meets with Merkel

• McCain has Berlin moment too -- in little Berlins

ODD & Extraordinary

• Judge: Girl's name, Talula Does The Hula, won't do

• Pet rabbit credited with saving couple from fire

• In Portland, Ore., parking laws include police

• 117 cats, raccoon and rabbit found at Omaha home

• Bubble burst? Off-Broadway show's suds stolen

• Couple claim mysterious noise plagues their house

• Stolen motorcycle found after 34 years in N.J.

Science & The Environment

• Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton

• N.M. cavers chart unique 'snowy' river of crystals

• Unknown disease killing off Florida's state tree

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