State

• Mourners attend private Hudson family funeral

• Sen. Durbin's daughter dies of heart condition

• Chicago plans to stop free trolley service in 2009

National

• DNA links bones near plane crash site to Fossett

• Flag-waving gunman closes Calif. highway for hours

• 3 young upstate N.Y. boys killed in house fire

• Suppliers dropped by Medicare often gain re-entry

• Christmas deadline for mail coming up

International

• World hopes for a 'less arrogant America'

• US troops in Iraq await Election Day outcome

• Pakistan says next US leader must stop attacks

• S. Korea: N. Korea building base for bigger missiles

• At Gitmo, life sentence for bin Laden propagandist

• Bombing at Baghdad bus station kills 11, wounds 26

• Iran's parliament impeaches interior minister

• Taiwan, China envoys sign historic trade pact

Election

• Seeking upset, McCain to campaign Election Day

  • Report clears Palin in Troopergate investigation

• All that's left is to vote, even for Obama

  • Obama's grandmother dies just before Election Day

• McCain and Obama count on turnout for victory

• Democrats head for bigger House majority

• Both parties expect Democratic Senate pickups

• Long lines form early as voters finally decide

ODD & Extraordinary

• Good Samaritan bicyclist returns money bag

• Missing juror lied about father's death

• Man accused of stealing 8 piggy banks from home

• Boston police: Man in wheelchair sitting on guns

• Cavern owner seeks bidder to cave in to eBay sale

• Couple decide to tie the knot at tattoo parlor

• Belgian artist's work causes a stink -- again

• Man nabbed for DUI twice in less than 6 hours

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Space junk falls harmlessly in South Pacific

• Feds propose much fewer snowmobiles in Yellowstone

Entertainment, Entertainers and the Arts

• It could be a big night for election viewing

• Jury: Keanu Reeves doesn't owe paparazzo

• Edwards discusses his cameo as Dr. Greene on 'ER'

• Jane Fonda returns to B'way in '33 Variations'

• Despite gloom, NYC fall art auction sets records

• Cezanne show to have only one stop

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