National

• Bailout progress - Rep. Frank sees pact by Sunday

• Pentagon bill poised to clear Senate hurdle

• 4 special-needs students die in Indiana bus crash

• Star witness: O.J. asked me to bring gun to hotel

• Detroit police sergeant found hanged in park

• Maine study weighs impact of more wood heating

International

• Tainted milk crisis hits more global companies

• Iraq hopes economic crisis won't affect US troops

• Web site: Crew member says pirates want ransom

• Hospital deaths of 40 newborns shocks Turkey

• TV: Car bomb kills 17 in Syrian capital

Election

• Obama, McCain argue over war, taxes in 1st debate

• Furious spinning on TV after presidential debate

• Fact checking the first presidential debate

• Cheers, jeers - but how many minds changed?

ODD & Extraordinary

• Bank's deposit goof leads to lawsuit, theft charge

• Skeptical bank teller scares off would-be robber

• NY driver rattled by snake under hood

• Hospital tells grandfather, 71, that he's pregnant

• Bear relocated for stealing honey in Montana

• Cops nab motorist who owes $1.9M in traffic fines

• China farmer sentenced for faked rare tiger photos

• And now a word from Gov. Mike Hucka... er, Beebe

• Man accused of posing as Dodger on field

• Firefighter accused of taking crash victim's foot

• Police arrest squatter who called them for help

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Chinese astronaut makes nation's first spacewalk

• Scientists seek volunteers to monitor for quakes

Entertainment, Entertainers, and the Arts

• `Equus,' starring Daniel Radcliffe, opens on B'way

• Erin Brockovich working for NYC law firm

• 2008 National Book Festival launched with laughter

• Picasso painting heads for NYC auction

• New Dylan album to stream on NPR for 1 week

• Leonardo da Vinci drawings displayed in Ala.

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