State

• Sheriff: 4 bodies found on houseboat

• Prosecutors move to delay Rezko sentencing

National

• Pressure grows on US to take bold steps on economy

  • Insurance giant AIG's role in market crisis probed

  • Lehman sought millions for execs while seeking aid

• 6 die in family murder-suicide in Los Angeles

• Grieving son welcomes trial in yacht killings

• Stevens unplugged: a defiant, salty health nut

• Fatal Texas motorcoach crash focus of NTSB hearing

• NYC council takes up term limit change this week

• Mind training helps troops with combat, then PTSD

• 17,000 could get Purple Heart under new policy

• 'Bride' and 'groom' to be restored to Calif. forms

International

• Tropical Storm Marco closing in on Mexico's coast

• Europe governments go their own way on crisis

• Gates: Afghan militants key to country's future

  • Unwelcome Afghans quit Pakistan battle zone

• US to remain in Kosovo through late 2009

• China says US arms sale to Taiwan harms ties

• US, N. Korea seek compromise in nuclear deadlock

Election

• 2nd debate is in McCain's favorite style

• McCain linked to private group in Iran-Contra case

• McCain revisiting Keating 5 banking scandal again

• Palin pledges of Alaska sunshine marred by secrets

ODD & Extraordinary

• 86 cats rescued from 2-bedroom condo in Colorado

• 'Bra Bandit' strikes again in southwest Florida

• Penguins ride air force jet to South Atlantic

• Calif. mom who drove son to gang fight convicted

• Woman seeks new route after 2 intersection wrecks

• Extremely drunk R.I. driver pleads no-contest

• Man nabbed for skinny-dipping in Japan palace moat

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Small asteroid headed for light show over Africa

• Bad connection caused atom smasher shutdown

• Deadlines set for designating polar bear habitat

• 3 win Nobel for subatomic physics research

Entertainment, Entertainers, and the Arts

• 'Dancing with the Stars' contestant injured

• 'Idol' singer Paris Bennett gives birth to girl

• Top court stays out of DVR patent fight

• Matthew Broderick returns to Broadway next spring

• Paris exhibit showcases Picasso's masters

• King Tut exhibit begins another run in the US

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