National

• Tax expert Rangel mangles facts in ethics mess

• Recall information

International

• NATO chief arrives in Georgia

• 23 Indonesians dead in crush for cash handout

• Gates foresees narrower US combat role in Iraq

Election

• Low-profile headquarters for high-profile Obama

• Solo rally, town hall return to McCain schedule

• Republicans fault both campaigns for negative ads

• Obama blames Wall St. crisis on Republican policy

• McCain: Wall Street woes point to regulation need

ODD & Extraordinary

• Case of the $5K designer umbrella ruled frivolity

• Vt. man biking to California to warm up for race

• Rover, call me an ambulance -- dog calls 911

• Pilfered primate freed from jail, returns to Maine

• Madame Tussaud's returns wax Hitler to Berlin

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Grenada blames slow nutmeg production on male tree

• Nevada game wardens seize illegal African frogs

Entertainment, Entertainers, and the Arts

• Report: John Le Carre says he nearly defected

• Authors grieve over Wallace's apparent suicide

• Creative arts Emmy winners for 60th annual awards

• Luke Russert gets into the family business

Today

• This day in history

• The nation's weather