State

• A child and 2 adults found dead outside Chicago

• Chicago 'el' train derails; 14 taken to hospitals

• DNA frees man after more than 12 years in prison

National

• Father: Train operator in Boston collision is dead

• Gay rights advocates score wins in NY, Calif.

• McClellan says he believed in Bush as war started

• In Miami, Spanish is becoming the primary language

• National Spelling Bee favorites are friendly rivals

International

• 3 shark attacks have Mexico resort area in panic

• Suicide bomber kills 16 people in northwestern Iraq

• UN: Balkans 'one of the safest' parts of Europe

• Iraq prime minister calls for debt relief at UN conference

• Treaty seeks to ban cluster bombs within 8 years

Election

• Campaign Roundup:
  Clinton presses on as primary season nears end

• McCain, Bush largely similar on nuclear policies

• John Kerry: Is he angling for secretary of state?

• The price of a good time at political conventions: $500,000?

ODD & Extraordinary

• Houston to spend $150K to defend police beard ban

• New York town repeals ban on clotheslines

• Cops: Dropped phone caused emergency river search

• Bear spotted taking a dip at the Hard Rock Hotel

• Man's wheelchair 'vanishes' while he's in car wash

The Arts & Entertainment

• Kirk Douglas, wife, dedicate LA school playground

• 'That Was the Week That Was'

Science

• NASA begins releasing robotic arm of Mars lander

• New breed of robots could soon wander Antarctica

• Researchers: City residents produce less carbon

Today

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• The nation's weather