State

• Widows sue government over husbands' VA deaths

• Taxi jumps curb, strikes light pole, injures 3

National

• Calif. torture trial airs family horror stories

• Fire destroys landmark lobster business in Boston

• Mom in Web bullying case turns grief into activism

• Sect members waiting for children to be returned

• Vatican: excommunication for female priests

• EPA restricts rat poisons to protect children

International

• China warns evacuation possible with flood threat

• Pakistan's Musharraf denies resignation rumors

• Afghanistan seeks to revive farming sector

• Iraqis say Marines handed out Christian coins

Election

• McCain proposal for joint action gains support

• Today on the presidential campaign trail

ODD & Extraordinary

• Japan woman caught living in closet

• Pa. police: Ohio truck rigged to steal fuel

• Marriage proposal triggers UFO alert

• Man allegedly steals wood from park picnic table

• Man fined for throwing hedgehog at teen

The Arts & Entertainment

• About $275,000 donated to Chapman organization

• 45 advance to final day of National Spelling Bee

• Comic powerhouse Harvey Korman dies at 81

• Condi Rice enlists in Kiss Army

Science

• Study: Stonehenge was a burial site for centuries

• World's rarest rhino caught wrecking video camera

• Egypt planning DNA test for 3,500-year-old mummy

Today

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