State

• Chicago having its moment with Obama and baseball

• Memo outlines Illinois gov's potential impeachment

• Man convicted of mugging attack on ex-Sen. Braun

National

• Sandbagged levee holds in Iowa, protects city

• Major ISPs agree to block child porn newsgroups

• Dozens of homes burn in N. California wildfires

• 1 hiker dies on Mount Rainier, 2 wait for rescue

• A look at the dollar's long slide

International

• Bush, German Chancellor Merkel discuss Iran

• A month after quake, Chinese wait for housing

• US beef dispute grows into larger crisis in
  S. Korea

Election

• Today on the presidential campaign trail

ODD & Extraordinary

• 700-pound Mexican man hopes to stand for wedding

• Kansas man survives nail-in-skull accident

• Mom finds snake coiled on baby's leg in crib

• Sudoku-playing jurors make judge stop drug trial

Entertainment & The Arts

• Patrick Swayze to begin shooting new cable series

• 'Medieval' paparazzi laws could benefit Brangelina

Science

• With lab delivered, shuttle leaves space station

• Atlas shows effects of climate change on Africa

Today

• This day in history

• The nation's weather