National

• Investment Firms Tap Fed for Billions

• Dempsey to Become Central Command Chief

• FDA Investigates Merck Drug-Suicide Link

• Cops: Mom Killed 2 Before Campus Threat

• Parents Pick Prayer Over Docs; Girl Dies

International

• Police Close Off Lhasa's Muslim Quarter

• North Korea Tests Short-Range Missiles

• Coalition Jets Drop Bombs in Basra

• Colombia Investigates Uranium Find

Election

• Pennsylvania Senator to Endorse Obama

• McCain Launches General Election Ad

• Dean: Bickering Democrats May Hurt Party

• Clinton's Belfast Role Draws Criticism

• Bipartisan Team Says McCain Natural Born

ODD & Extraordinary

• Student's Project Sparks NY Subway Scare

• Woman Crashes Into Water, Saves Coffee

• Runaway SUV Knocks Man Off His Toilet

• Snake Surprises Md. Woman Watching TV

• Man Writes Check on 2-Ply Toilet Paper

• Iowa County Board OKs Ghost Hunters

• Mich. Teen Finds Fossilized Shark Tooth

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• Experts Seek Answers on Water Footprint

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