State

• Northwestern U. to offer 2-year law program

• Midwest flood victims feel misled by feds

National

• Small Mo. towns fight to contain Mississippi River

• Bush promises help for flood-weary Iowans

• Calif. officials: Bureaucracy failed abused boy, 5

• Attorneys general back federal media shield bill

• Q&A on proposed jobless benefits extension

• Alaska hikers recount their measures for survival

• Agents search for N.Y. swindler who faked suicide

International

• Suicide bomber ambushes military convoy, killing 6

• China fuel price hike may not sap demand

• China admits taking, burying US POW

Election

• McCain tours flood-damaged southeastern Iowa

• Obama team weighs Nunn, Edwards as running mates

ODD & Extraordinary

• Toilet paper wedding dress wins national contest

• Parolee allegedly takes stolen car to parole office

• Uninvited skunk causes stink, delays plane in Miami

• Thief breaks into donation box, steals fake money

• N.H. woman reaches for mail, finds 3-foot-long snake

• Prosecutors: No crying in death penalty closings

Science

• Genetically modified mosquitoes may combat malaria

• Ocean-monitoring satellite blasts off from Calif.

• Pioneer in field of molecular biology dies at 84

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