National

• Iowa town measures the loss after deadly tornado

• Major changes urged in transracial adoption

• 5 people die in South Los Angeles vehicle pileup

• Investigators finds gaps in port security program

• Official: California gay weddings a go for some

• Recall information

International

• Negotiations over hijacked ship

• Officials in China rush to evacuate 80,000

• Children not getting breakfast because of aid cuts

Election

• The era of big Clintons is soon over

• Obama signaling he will fight for Western states

• McCain says he and Obama should visit Iraq together

ODD & Extraordinary

• 12-year-old W.Va. girl stung by scorpion at store

• Officer responding to break-in nabs dead turkey

• Hair patrol: La. barber ticketed for Monday work

• Cat hired as station chief brings passengers back

• Man arrested at Macy's in NYC for carrying sword

• Companies' 'sexy' hair fight spills into NY court

• Australian fishermen net 500-pound squid

The Arts & Entertainment

• Director and actor Sydney Pollack dies at 73

• Yale gives Paul McCartney honorary music degree

Science

• Mars lander completes first day on Red Planet

• Dutch scientists claim sequencing of female DNA

• China launches second Olympic satellite

Today

• This day in history

• The nation's weather