State

• Aging levee poses threat to impoverished city

• Priest who mocked Clinton is back on the job

National

• Forecaster: End is near to Mississippi River rise

• Autistic man found alive after week in Wis. woods

• Texas town reels from horrific abuse in its midst

• Drought, freeze kill most of Wis. tart cherry crop

• Testing could delay missile defense plans

• Billions more needed to secure US embassies

• Recall information

International

• Philippines rescuers may bore hole in ferry

• Zimbabwe opposition leader pulls out of election

• 55 militants killed in Afghan battle

• Berlin Airlift: Germans look back -- and forward

Election

• Obama braces for race-based ads

• McCain hampered by campaign missteps

• Veepstakes: Who will, who won't and who won't say

ODD & Extraordinary

• Outdoors in Chicago? Watch out for the blackbirds

• New Mexico couple call off home giveaway contest

• Australian in wheelchair gets drunk driving charge

• N.Y. council seeks to shut down the 'Gates of Hell'

• Ugliest dog: 3 legs, 1 eye, no hair, all winner

Entertainers, Entertainment & the Arts

• Comedian George Carlin dies at age 71

• NBC: Brokaw gets 'Meet the Press' through election

Science & The Environment

• Can the Martian arctic support extreme life?

• Some searchers still expect to see rare woodpecker

• Navy conducts hearing tests on rare whale in Fla.

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