State

• Illinois kindergarten golfer has ace

• House explosion kills 2 in Chicago suburb

National

• Fla. Keys residents weigh evacuation ahead of Ike

• Jury selection to begin in O.J. Simpson robbery case

• Hot-air balloon burns near Philadelphia, kills 1

• Deadly crashes bring FAA focus on Reno air races

• National parks: special program for ruins in ruins

• Once-powerful Pa. senator faces long fraud trial

• Ailing Kennedy aims to return to Senate in January

• Recall information

International

• Ike lashes Cuba, weakens to Category 2 hurricane

  • Flooding from Ike kills 58 in rain-soaked Haiti

• Suspected US missile strike in Pakistan kills 9

• Rice: Not wise to end Cuban economic embargo now

• Gadhafi rehabilitation sealed at Rice dinner

Election

• McCain takes on GOP and Bush along with Obama

• Obama says he was too flip on abortion question

• Obama and McCain have big economic differences

ODD & Extraordinary

• Fish flies out of lake, breaks Arkansas teen's jaw

• Algae-dyed polar bears puzzle Japan zoo visitors

• Authorities: Burglar wakes men with spice rub

• Wanted: Ride to Mojave Desert for wayward tortoise

Science, Technology & The Environment

• CERN fires up new atom smasher to near 'big bang'

• High-resolution satellite launched in California

• China to launch space mission in late September

Entertainment, Entertainers, and the Arts

• Malkovich gets mad in Coens' 'Burn After Reading'

• Stephen Colbert to have his DNA sent into space

• Olympic swimmer Dara Torres models at Fashion Week

Today

• This day in history

• The nation's weather