State

• Ill. man faces 6 months in jail for yawning

National

• Police: Boy saves sister from NY home fire; 3 dead

• Cartel lieutenant targeted for talking to feds

• Calif. meat plant cited for cow handling problems

• Officials see rise in militia groups across US

• Hudson crash helicopter pilot flew tourists, VIPs

• Golden 1950s TV returns on commemorative stamps

International

• Taiwan military: 1,000 found alive after typhoon

• Marines assault Taliban town in Afghanistan

• Pakistan officials: Militant clashes kill about 70

• Iran speaker denies prisoner rape allegations

• China warns of 'arms race in outer space'

Politics & Government

• Obama looks West, to the Web in health care fight

• Obama to award 16 with highest civilian honor

• Gov't asking why airline passengers were stranded

• Specter: Protests not 'representative of America'

• Funding stalls putting Guard soldiers on border

• Testimony puts Rove at center of Justice firings

• US official gropes to explain Clinton's outburst

ODD & Extraordinary

• Fox shot after biting Mass. woman on the buttocks

• Train rams empty car as Neb. driver hides nearby

• Ore. burglary suspect caught in victim's underwear

• Chief: Tasing 76-year-old probably not 'best way'

• Woman says she was repeatedly bitten by otters

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Jane Austen meets zombies in monster mash-up

• Neeson walks 1st red carpet since wife died

• Another attack downs Twitter, briefly this time

• John Hughes mourned at private service in Illinois

• Hollywood Foreign Press gives away $1.2 million

• Bennett, Brubeck in 1st gig together in 50 years

Science, Technology & Environment

• Skywatchers to see streaking meteors

• July sees big jump in fuel efficiency of new cars

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