National

• Fire at Detroit chemical factory is extinguished

• Somali militants use many tactics to woo Americans

• Police seek missing car in murder of ex-model

  • Reality TV star lived high-flying life

• Data hints consumers handling credit cards better

International

• South Africans rally for gender controversy runner

• Afghan election results due; 4 US troops die

• Iran resumes mass trial of opposition figures

• Diplomats: Iran's enrichment program stagnates

• Malaysian court puts caning of woman on hold

Politics & Government

• Obama plans to keep Bernanke at Fed

• Obama hits golf course to start Vineyard vacation

• Government extends deadline for clunkers paperwork

• Sebelius: Closing schools wouldn't ward off virus

• Military rethinking 'golden hour' for injuries

• CIA terror tactics spur changes, new probe

• Alec Baldwin passing on challenge to Lieberman

ODD & Extraordinary

• Police say speeder claimed to be CIA official

• It rhymes this time: Slang used at London ATMs

• Oh wait, there's a 'Favre' goat in my trunk...

• Man gets glued to toilet seat at Australian mall

• Man upset over parade allegedly hits cop with car

• Police: Man leaves kids in car, goes to strip club

• Feuding families cause riot of about 150 in Ala.

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Michael Jackson's death ruled homicide

• Jessica Biel named 'most dangerous celebrity'

• Crypt above Marilyn Monroe sells for $4.6 million

Science, Technology & Environment

• New clue found to disappearing honeybees

• Space shuttle launch called off; NASA to try again

• SKorea launches 1st rocket, satellite misses orbit

• Women with high testosterone take more money risks

• Study finds people who multitask often bad at it

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