National

• Weather aids Calif. fire crew, but battle not over

  • Evacuation holdouts defy danger to protect homes

• Slain Ga. man always opened his home to family

• Lawyer: NY wrong-way driver to be exhumed, tested

• Lawyer: Calif. kidnapper's wife misses children

  • Customers say kidnap suspect raised no red flags

  • Police: No link between kidnap suspects, slayings

• Freed reporters describe North Korea ordeal

• Duggar brood keeps growing with No. 19 on the way

International

• Deputy spy chief among 23 killed in Taliban blast

• Strong Indonesian quake kills 15, flattens homes

• Bomb explodes at Athens bourse, 1 woman hurt

• UN nuclear watchdog says Iran threat 'hyped'

• Israelis, Palestinians resume high-level talks

• China detains 15 parents for lead poison unrest

• Dutch to prosecute Arabs over Holocaust cartoon

• UK's Brown: No deal struck on Lockerbie bomber

Politics & Government

• Obama may get more specific about health overhaul

• Obama says Americans should get swine flu vaccine

  • Napolitano: 'Big influx' of new infections likely

• Mass. attorney general is 1st to seek Kennedy seat

• US, Cuba to discuss resuming direct mail

ODD & Extraordinary

• Bank's thumbprint rule irks man born with no arms

• Ohio judge silences defendant with duct tape

• Pantless man accused of harassing neighbor's horse

• Excuse me, ma'am, are you sloshing?

• Dog deflates NC deputy's tires after dog complaint

• Man admits crawling into outhouse pit -- again

• Connecticut woman arrested 3 times in a day

• Honolulu seeking to ban 'BO' on buses

• Men attempt to burglarize Utah pawnshop with semi

• Md. police say man tried to pay for gas with pot

• Pingpong lovers: China allows champ a girlfriend

• Cops: NY man tried to impress girl with tall tale

• Mich. church enlists Satan in advertising campaign

• Man says he robbed bank to get away from wife

• This blows! $5K horn, trumpet stolen in NYC subway

• Driver hits cyclist he thought stole son's bike

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Comic Bill Cosby lends support to Detroit schools

• Jerry Springer to host live 'America's Got Talent'

• Madonna wrapping up world tour in Israel

• Musical finds comedy in aging, dentures and death

• Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops director, dies at 74

Science, Technology & Environment

• Spacewalkers tackle hefty tank removal in orbit

• Wind, current combined to raise East Coast sea level

• Wolf hunt is on in Idaho -- for now

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