State

• Ex-Chicago cop charged with lying about torture

National

• Jurors to get Sen. Stevens corruption case today

• Paulson pledges strong actions to deal with crisis

• Air passenger screening program to launch in 2009

• Plans to revitalize St. Louis Arch site move ahead

• Study: Antilocks trim fatal motorcycle crashes

• Lawmakers may draft tougher finance rules

• Senate Democrats subpoena Mukasey over detainees

• Government investigating Ford tire valves

• More tests ordered on powder-laced letters

International

• US airstrike kills 9 Afghan soldiers at checkpoint

• Cleric in Iran issues fatwa against US-Iraqi pact

• Colombia radio host connects hostages with family

• British prime minister: Recession likely in UK

• An expense account in war zone: Taxpayers pay tab

Election

• McCain returns to N.H. trying to stave off Nov. loss

• Obama takes on national security in Va. swing

  • Obama's grandmother fights to see him elected

• Vermont, Maine only states to let inmates vote

• Analysis: Powell Obama endorsement aims at legacy

• AP investigation: Alaska funded Palin kids' travel

ODD & Extraordinary

• Fla. woman goes to jail over $7.45 restaurant bill

• Man accused of rigging bingo raffle to split prize

• Police say fake cop busted after stopping real one

• Dallas hospital bills woman who never saw a doctor

• School's fundraising pitch gives alumni the blahs

• N.Y. town bakes 6,600 cookies for troops

• Yeah, that's right. Beyonce's meeting me at bridge

• Man wins prize for building his own coffin

• Dutch court convicts 2 of stealing virtual items

Science, Technology & The Environment

• India launches 1st unmanned moon mission

• Sidelined CERN collider gets a new, formal send-off

• Italy museum says da Vinci writings gather no mold

Entertainment, Entertainers and the Arts

• Toni Braxton booted from 'Dancing with the Stars'

  • Julianne Hough hospitalized after 'Dancing'

• Terrence Howard: 'Iron Man' replacement a surprise

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

• Gillian Anderson gives birth to a son in London

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