National

• Frank blames House GOP for breakdown of deal

  • GOP conservatives present rescue alternative

• Storm off Southeast coast heads for Carolinas

• Pa. high court says newspaper can protect source

• Report: FDA lax in oversight of produce industry

• House panel says Democrats messed up 2007 vote

• Gunman in O.J. Simpson case to testify Friday

• Evangelist Alamo faces charges in child sex probe

• Court: Relatives who assist in suicide can inherit

• Stevens passing the blame for not passing the bill

• Nuclear waste piles up at hospitals

International

• China milk scandal hits Japan firm, Taiwan victims

• Pakistan warns US troops after exchange of fire

• Pakistan: 3 suicide bombers blow themselves up

• 2 terrorist suspects arrested on KLM flight

• Russia, Venezuela sign oil and gas deals

• Mideast peace takes center stage at United Nations

Election

• 1st McCain-Obama debate remains doubtful

• Palin to return donations from tainted politicians

• Black politicians prosper in Obama's home state

• Online tool estimates taxes under McCain, Obama

ODD & Extraordinary

• A-MAZ-ING!: Palin carved into Ohio cornfield

• Teen OK after being impaled by deer antlers

• Man hit by truck, then ticketed for jaywalking

• Police: Severed foot was bear's paw, not child's

• Japan holds diaper fashion show -- for adults

• Purr-fect ending to battle over Hemingway's cats

• Seniors get eviction notices after tree protest

• Mama's milk ice cream cone, anyone?

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Global warming pollution increases 3 percent

• Chinese spacewalk mission enters orbit

• Egypt unearths granite head of Ramses II

Entertainment, Entertainers, and the Arts

• Paul McCartney performs for thousands in Tel Aviv

• Letterman keeps up verbal assault on McCain

• Star power meets philanthropy with celeb charities

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