National

• Tornado kills 1, injures 13 in northern Colorado

• Sect parents cheer court ruling, await next step

• Plane crashes into Mont. building, kills pilot

• 3 arrested in shooting deaths of 2 LSU students

• High gas prices force cops to walk the beat more

• Jobless claims drop to lowest level in 4 weeks

• Audit finds lax oversight in contractor payments

• Squeezing it all in for the new luggage squeeze

International

• China monitors flood threat from blocked rivers

• China, Russia criticize US missile defense plan

• UN chief: Myanmar to allow all aid workers

Election

• McCain appears cancer-free, healthy

  • McCain rejects pastor's endorsement

• Obama and McCain on the hunt for veeps

• Party insider Clinton now on the outs

ODD & Extraordinary

• Vets install pacemaker in search-and-rescue dog

• Optical device connects NY, London in real time

• Guns to go: Mo. car dealer offers something extra

• Boars help German cops capture auto theft

• Mom sentenced to 20 years for keeping son in cage

The Arts & Entertainment

• Adoption community mourns musician's daughter

• Wesley Snipes to remain free pending 3 tax convictions

• Madonna to show film at Michael Moore's festival

Science

• N. Pacific humpback whale population rises

• NASA sets Oct. 8 date for shuttle's Hubble mission

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