State

• 3 injured when airplane hits maintenance truck

National

• Abducted Las Vegas boy found safe by bus driver

• Poll finds high anxiety on economy this month

• Amid meltdown, cities slash sports, health, cops

• Abortion ban returns to ballot in South Dakota

• Stevens judged by 2 juries, in trial and election

• Fort Dix plot case to start Monday in New Jersey

• Recall information

International

• Barak: Israel considering Saudi peace plan

• Adopted Iraqi puppy en route to US

• Taliban gunmen kill Christian aid worker in Kabul

• US diplomat visits Pakistan amid new violence

• 6 killed in South Korean arson, stabbing spree

  • S. Korea: Nothing unusual in North despite rumors

• China's Communist Party approves rural land reform

• Iraqi police: Roadside bomb kills 2 in Baghdad

• 9 Chinese oil workers kidnapped in Sudan

Election

• Obama: Powell could have a role in administration

• Obama ropelines: bouncing babies, controlled chaos

• VP candidate Palin introduces 'Ed the Dairyman'

• Biden defends Obama tax-cut plan in Wash.

• McCain casts himself as middle-class guardian

• Another Ohio businessman questions McCain tax hits

ODD & Extraordinary

• Wallet missing for 6 decades returned to family

• Reburying the dead a grim task in Ike's wake

• Suspect in golf cart eludes Utah sheriff cruisers

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Britain releases UFO files, dispels some mysteries

• Billions of fish, fish eggs die in power plants

Entertainment, Entertainers and the Arts

• 'Max Payne,' 'Chihuahua,' 'Bees' out-poll 'W'

• Palin draws big ratings for 'Saturday Night Live'

• Going, going, gone! Bob Hope items net $601,000

• What to watch? ALCS, NFL games knocked off TV

• Sean Penn visits Venezuela's Chavez for 2nd time

• Fashion critic Mr. Blackwell dies in Los Angeles

  • Some of Mr. Blackwell's fashion zingers

  • Mr. Blackwell's worst-dressed list, year by year

• Soul singer Dee Dee Warwick dies in N.J. at  63

• SAG board allows members to vote on strike

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