State

• NTSB: Video answers key question in copter crash

• Chicago torture victims face uphill legal battle

National

• Ratchet the Iraqi pup arrives in Minn., takes nap

• House panel to tackle meltdown reason, remedy

• 5 dead when fishing boat sinks off Alaska

• Mountain survivor recalls bug diet on Wash. slope

• States target sex offenders before Halloween

• Charges filed against 6 in Iowa pig abuse case

• Michigan lawmakers want federal help on car loans

• Government expands geothermal energy leasing

• Air Force creates new pilot programs for drones

International

• Official describes secret uranium shipment

• Rice: US, Mexico to discuss drugs, world issues

• US soldier missing 2 years after Iraq capture

• US turns over control of 12th Iraqi province

  • Washington warns Iraq to accept security deal

• UN: Millions suffer food crisis in N. Korea

• Somali pirate: Food running low on hijacked ship

Election

• McCain targets 'Joe the Plumber' across Florida

• McCain's negative coverage up as numbers go down

• In red-state tour, Obama rebuts McCain on tax plan

• AP presidential poll: Race tightens in final weeks

• Election officials try to ease long voting lines

ODD & Extraordinary

• Robbery suspect escapes with cash, leaves thumb

• Missing pants case returns to D.C. court

• Woman survives blast probably started by TV remote

• Man may be reimbursed for money mutilated by mice

• Clean Team supervisor charged with littering

• India's only gorilla alone despite search for mate

• Suburban NYC officer tickets his own mayor -- twice

• Woman gets into tussle with an aggressive deer

• Did he whack the 'stache? Ohio officer suspended

• N.Y. woman's rap sheet shows 73 arrests since 1971

• Man brandishes BB gun after stealing deodorant

• Drummer snared after alleged church break-in

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Ashes to concrete: Sea burials help rebuild reefs

• Al Gore delivers environmental message at Harvard

• Tape measure: X-rays detected from Scotch tape

Entertainment, Entertainers and the Arts

• Hough feeling 'fine' after hospitalization

• Hollywood comes out in support of gay marriage

  • Shatner upset Takei didn't invite him to wedding

• Miss Teen Louisiana loses her crown after arrest

• La. man sues Oprah over arrest on extortion charge

• First edition of Yeats poem auctioned in Ireland

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