National

• Calif. residents return to survey fire damage

• Authorities: Wife watched over kidnap victim

• Pit bull that chewed off baby's toes is euthanized

• Ill Manson follower Susan Atkins denied parole

• Pa. woman, 86, trapped in crashed car for 2 days

• Hearing scheduled in Fla. for runaway convert

• FAA will modify airspace rules over Hudson River

• Software mogul attacked by elephant during safari

• Apple growers to release successor to Honeycrisp

International

• Gunmen kill 17 people at a drug rehab in Mexico

• Indonesian quake leaves 57 dead, dozens missing

• Jimena weakening after plowing into Mexico

• Iran assembly approves most of hard-line Cabinet

• New protest in China city torn by deadly rioting

• Court orders further probe into Russian killing

• Powerful Indian politician killed in copter crash

• Turkey says more water for Iraq, Syria is unlikely

Politics & Government

• Obama aims to take control of health care debate

• Obama facing hurdles to nuclear disarmament goals

• Obama using 5 measures to assess Afghan report

• Biden: Stimulus doing more 'than we had hoped'

• Justice Dept.: Violent crime rate unchanged in '08

ODD & Extraordinary

• Vermont man admits stealing neighbor's electricity

• Fla. deputy helps raccoon with head stuck in jar

• Man butts heads with town over bare-bottom statue

• Ex-inmate injured trying to sneak back into jail

• Alleged robber ID'd after leaving wallet at bank

• Neb. police arrest boy for DUI, hit-and-run crash

• Giant national debt needs giant calculator

• FDA test confirms animal was in man's soda can

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Sawyer to take over as anchor of ABC evening news

• 5 acts reach finals on 'America's Got Talent'

• Kennedy memoir reveals remorse over Chappaquiddick

• Sex, scandal, yawn: Madoff books are a bust

• Star-filled mausoleum awaits Michael Jackson

Science, Technology & Environment

• Spacewalk still on despite approaching space junk

• China tries to calm unease over rare earths curbs

• BP drills deepest-ever oil well in Gulf of Mexico

• Report: Loggerhead turtles at risk of extinction

• Israeli archaeologists find ancient fortification

• No strain for Andromeda: Galaxy is cosmic cannibal

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