State

• Ill. voters get to decide on recall of governors

• Hero of Ill. shooting turns villain for some

National

• 'Boy in Balloon' family never shied from spotlight

  • Balloon boy gets sick twice during TV interviews

• DC woman to be sentenced for killing 4 daughters

• Hearing scheduled in Casey Anthony murder case

• Pilot sought after 2 F-16s collide off SC coast

• Father of Anna Nicole's daughter due to testify

• Social Security freeze means seniors must scrimp

• 'Mighty Mo' undergoing $18M preservation

International

• 4 Americans die in Afghan bombing

• Double bombing kills 11 at Pakistan police station

• Looming storm prompts Philippines evacuation call

• Strong earthquake rocks western Indonesia

• Zimbabwe PM boycotts unity government

• French farmers torch hay on Paris' Champs-Elysees

• EU calls for sharp cuts in cod quotas

• Some poor nations succeeding in fighting hunger

Politics & Government

• Obama defends himself against New Orleans critics

• Obama and elder Bush team up on call to service

• White House expects thousands on fall garden tours

• Baucus: All Senate Dems will support health bill

• STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus boon for South, Southwest

• Figure in Abramoff scandal to be sentenced

• Treasury Department freezes al-Qaida member assets

• Calif. water war spreads to Congress

ODD & Extraordinary

• Driver suspended for wearing pink tie for cancer

• Man says cat stolen, chlorine dumped in fish tank

• Sheboygan inmates scuffle over 'The Office'

• Texas police find woman, 45, living with corpse

• Thief takes $60, but Ga. man just wants penny back

• Cops: 300-lb man in dress tries to steal rum, cola

• Police: Pa. man busted with weed stuck to forehead

• Mexico City puts 1,300 overweight police on a diet

• Texas man finds a rocket launcher on his property

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Defense rests in Bahamas Travolta extortion trial

• Family of balloon boy featured on 'Wife Swap'

• 'Simpsons' contest lets winner create character

• Garth Brooks' new gig not your old Las Vegas

Science, Technology & Environment

• How your tongue tastes the bubbly: sour taste buds

• Winter forecast: warmer West, North; cooler South

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