State

• First man to take reins as CEO of national PTA

National

• Iowa City's flood protections face a marathon test

• Cross-nation relay run begins to remember soldiers

• Sept. 11 victims pursue bin Laden family fortune

• Washington state mulls assisted suicide measure

• Police: Officer kills man who beat child to death

• US drivers take advantage of Mexico's cheap gas

• Recall information

International

• Southern China flooding kills 57, more rain ahead

• Rice criticizes Israel on West Bank settlements

• Bush says US can calm Afghan-Pakistan border

• Death toll from Japan earthquake rises to 10

Election

• Obama camp sees possible win without Ohio, Fla.

• McCain meets Iraqi foreign minister

ODD & Extraordinary

• llinois man changes name to 'In God We Trust'

• Voter turnout for tiny North Dakota town: zero

• Dog swept up, killed by NYC street sweeping truck

• N.D. man spells 'debouch' to win senior bee

Entertainment & The Arts

• 'Hulk' grabs muscular $54.5M on opening weekend

• Partial list of winners of the 2008 Tony Awards

• Tim Russert: Warmly remembered on 'Meet the Press'

Science

• Flooding from a weather rut of clashing air masses

Today

• This day in history

• The nation's weather