National

• SoCal storm menaces neighborhoods near burn areas

• Retreat leader speaks out over sweat lodge deaths

• Son of Ky. governor emerges as slaying suspect

• Spokeswoman: Jaycee Dugard, family have close bond

• UCLA student pleads not guilty to attempted murder

• Minn. town gets healthy, adds longevity, together

• Delaware 1st-grader has 45-day suspension lifted

International

• Afghan corruption worries McChrystal

• Britain's Brown sending more troops to Afghanistan

• Pakistan: airstrikes killed 9 militants

• Nobel jury speaks out in defense of Obama prize

• US-NKorea talks hinge on renewed 6-party process

  • Billy Graham's son meets NKorea's top diplomat

• Rev. Moon performs biggest mass wedding in decade

• Russian parliament deputies protest election

• Russian gays ask Clinton for support

Politics & Government

• Health care legislation back behind closed doors

  • Interest groups battle to deflect health taxes

• House panel to begin push on financial overhaul

• Treasury said to be unprepared on AIG bonus plans

• VA to ease way for vets to get stress disability

• NTSB to review crash of organ transplant plane

• Dem foe says billionaire NYC mayor buys support

ODD & Extraordinary

• Repo man allegedly tries to get cops to do his job

• Ohio boy, 7, hit by deer while playing football

• Pumpkin squashes competition in Calif. weigh-off

• Catfight!: Ga. woman, 86, charged with cat theft

• Fearful or greedy about stocks? This might help

• Dog jumps on sliding door to alert family to fire

• La. police: Pickle smell might lead to thieves

• Utica woman arrested for DWI twice in a night

• Sewage stink forces Ohio school to dismiss early

• Cowboy cited after horse wanders away from bar

• Oregon man gets probation for stabbing ex's fish

• Thief takes 11 cases of beer in just 2 trips

• Woman calls police to report theft of pot plants

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Clooney, Streep in London for film festival gala

• Chuck Liddell knocked out of 'Dancing' ballroom

• Is Jay Leno living on the edge?

• 'Godfather' singer Al Martino dies in Pa. at 82

Science, Technology & Environment

• Report: 5 foreign snake species threaten US

• Texas heavy industries worry about EPA crackdown

• Scientist: Dinos trampled after death by own kind

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