State

• Illinois governor not shying away from spotlight

• Auto safety group: States should raise driving age

• Chicago public ridership is up, but so are losses

National

• Bush plans to pull 8,000 troops out of Iraq

• Ike kills 4 in Cuba, takes aim at Mexico, US Gulf

• KFC shoring up security for secret recipe

• Groups warn of growing government secrecy

• WMD report: US remains 'dangerously vulnerable'

  • House Dems criticize Bush on national security

International

• Russia to keep troops in Georgia breakaway regions

• Death spreads to storm shelters in Haiti

• Pakistan's Zardari sworn in as president

• Kim Jong Il reportedly absent from national parade

Election

• Today on the presidential campaign trail

ODD & Extraordinary

• Australian surfer says he was towed by shark

• Man says he's eaten 23,000 Big Macs since 1972

• Sheep living life in Mass. highway fast lane

• What are the odds? Son gets same dorm room as dad

• Oregon man captures 6-foot-long lizard in his yard

• Dad accused of leaving son while fleeing police

• Police: Montana mom kept dead son in car trunk

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Malaria researcher among Heinz Award winners

• Hubble shuttle flight faces higher space junk risk

Entertainment, Entertainers, and the Arts

• Can 'Dark Knight' compete with Oscar heavyweights?

• From Beijing to barnstorm, US gymnasts on the road

Today

• This day in history

• The nation's weather