State

• Farrakhan says 'new beginning' for Nation of Islam

National

• Grandfather of abducted Nevada boy arrested

• Missing climber found alive on Wash. mountain

• Court order bars O.J. Simpson from selling ring

• Pelosi says tax rebate unlikely before Bush leaves office

• Study: Airport screener badges need close tracking

• Company recalls cookies over melamine concerns

International

• Colombian drug lord pleads guilty to racketeering

• European leaders press for new economic order

• Muqtada al-Sadr urges rejection of US-Iraqi pact

• US: NKorea steps up disabling of nuclear reactor

• Pakistan army: 60 militants killed in northwest

  • China to help build 2 Pakistan nuclear plants

• Premier: China's government shares responsibility

  • A Chinese family deals with tainted milk scandal

• China eases restrictions for foreign journalists

Election

• Obama's transition team meets, candidate pushes on

• Analysis: McCain jumps around in bid to stop Obama

• Candidates' Social Security plans lack details

• Fact Check: Obama's claim of benefit cuts suspect

• Biden says robo calls 'scurrilous,' mocks Palin

• Issue of race grows with likelihood of Obama win

ODD & Extraordinary

• Worker finds grave markers paving Michigan walkway

• Cat championship include Obama, McCain - the cats

• Texas Zoo says camel and pony sidekick are missing

• Woman obliges after husband begs to be shot

• British burglar says 'sorry' with flowers

• SoCal officials bring back music-making asphalt

• Cops: Alleged burglar dresses as beauty shop owner

• Mom who joined cheerleading squad pleads insanity

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Rule advances to ease mining waste dumping

• Government declares beluga whale endangered

• NASA to launch probe to map solar system's edge

• NASA sees no quick fix for broken Hubble telescope

• CERN says atom smasher back in action in spring

• Scientists have new clue to mystery of sunken sub

Entertainment, Entertainers and the Arts

• Live from NY, it's the real Sarah Palin on 'SNL'

  • Friday's late-night TV wrap-up of election jokes

• McCain's appearance a big draw for Letterman

• Lily Tomlin wants Dallas elephant relocated

• Climate change exhibit opens at NYC museum

• Self-taught artist James Castle exhibit in Philly

• Harvard museum gets gift of $45m, artwork

• Four Tops frontman Levi Stubbs dead at 72

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