State

• Ill. man in alleged terror plot to appear in court

National

• Man charged with killing UConn football player

• Calif. town rattled by alleged rape of girl, 15

• Boston cops: Psych patient stabs doc, is shot dead

• FAA grounds wayward Northwest Airlines pilots

• Tough commute likely after Bay Bridge rod snaps

• Lawyers want admitted al-Qaida member released

International

• Car bomb kills 86 in Pakistani city of Peshawar

  • Clinton says US 'turning the page' with Pakistan

• Gunmen storm UN guest house in Kabul, 12 dead

• Insurgent mortars again target Somali president

• Yemen seizes boat off coast, arrests 5 Iranians

• China struggles to identify rescued kidnap victims

• Tight pants a no-no for women in Indonesia's Aceh

• US man convicted of scuba death of wife in BVI

• Nazi hit man charged with 3 murders goes on trial

Politics & Government

• Obama embraces House financial overhaul bill

• Obama team: US needs bill to lead in clean energy

• Democrats struggle to find unity on health plan

  • THE INFLUENCE GAME: Doctors' lobby in tricky spot

• McCain exhorts Obama to make Afghan decision now

• Schwarzenegger sends lawmaker special veto message

• Census: 'Brain gains' for high-tech cities

ODD & Extraordinary

• 1-legged suspect caught with 1 stolen shoe

• Man took pay from NJ company he never worked for

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Winners, losers emerge for new TV season

• Hart, Vito voted off 'Dancing with the Stars'

• Ferguson finishes taping late show by flashlight

• Microsoft exits as sponsor of 'Family Guy' special

Science, Technology & Environment

• NASA tries 2nd time to launch experimental rocket

• Deal struck on Great Lakes ship pollution

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