State

• Man charged after gun found in car near Obama home

• Police: Ill. teens beat mentally challenged cousin

• Boy dies week after being shot by dad, Chicago cop

• Chicago officer charged in car crash that killed 2

National

• Ike-battered Galveston allowing residents home

• Ga. cop killer gets last-minute execution reprieve

• Witness against O.J. Simpson admits foggy memory

• Digital TV transition concerns get technical

• House takes up Senate-passed tax break package

• Gates: Pick cheapest tanker bid that meets regs

• Senate passes child porn bills

International

• N. Korea orders UN nuclear inspectors from reactor

• Iraqi parliament approves provincial elections law

  • Bush, Iraqi leader co-host thank-you for coalition

• China apologizes to Taiwan for milk scandal

• Attacks kill 5 police in Afghan capital Kabul

Election

• Palin meets her 1st world leaders in New York

• Obama out to flip Indiana to Dems

• Poll finds 18 percent of voters undecided

ODD & Extraordinary

• Maine anchor gets hate mail for Palin resemblance

• Elderly Md. woman fends off burglar with reacher

• Man, 112, says secret to long life is being active

• Thieves steal hood from ice cream delivery truck

• Drunk driving suspect thanks officers after stop

• Son's advice becomes dad's sentence for stealing

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Sun's wind and output on extended dimmer switch

• Russian technicians to aid China's spacewalk

• UK experts say Stonehenge was place of healing

Entertainment, Entertainers, and the Arts

• Nicole Kidman credits fertile water with pregnancy

• Jeffrey Ross kicked off 'Dancing with the Stars'

• Princess Diana letters to be sold in London

• I can't go on; I will go on: Baldwin promotes book

• Bollywood's 'Hari Puttar' wins 'Harry Potter' suit

• Elton John's 'J' brooch for sale in London

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