State

• Rail official: Upgraded service will come slowly

• 17-room home next to Obamas' Chicago home for sale

National

• Nation marks 9/11 with acts of volunteerism

• Prosecutors: Gunman with grudge kills 2 in Mich.

• Yale offers 10K reward in student's disappearance

• Warhol's sports superstars stolen from LA home

• DA responds to OJ's appeal to state Supreme Court

• Hurricane season has been a dud -- so far

• World's oldest person dies in Los Angeles at 115

International

• 45 Taliban, Afghan civilians, security forces die

  • 'No winners' yet as Afghans to release prelim vote

• Bombs kill 3 near Shiite shrine in central Baghdad

• China sentences 3 to prison over needle attacks

• Report: British special forces train Libyan troops

• SKorea not opposed to US-NKorea direct talks

• Despite quiet, Lebanese, Israelis fear conflict

• Iran FM says nuclear talks with West are possible

• South African officials meet on Semenya case

• Cuba's Juan Almeida Bosque dead at 82

Politics & Government

• Health care bills face crucial tests in Congress

  • Obama to push health care plan at Minnesota rally

  • House plans to admonish Rep. Wilson over outburst

    • Heckling of president is rare in American history

• White House stiffens against illegal immigrants

• US, China at odds over tire imports

• Federal deficit hits $1.38 trillion through August

• Questions and answers about the war in Afghanistan

• Calif. debates high standard for renewable energy

• Water deal eludes Calif. lawmakers at session's end

• High court won't extend Calif. prison deadline

ODD & Extraordinary

• Cops: Woman pummels clerk after feud over $20 bill

• Deputy, trooper stun elk to free it from fence

• Pair accused of playing porn DVD at Ark. Walmart

• Ohio official says castration comment a joke

• New mom leaves ND hospital with the wrong baby

• Man cited for cursing in public under 1887 law

• Wash. judicial candidate mistaken for SC rep

• Deputy makes 2 DUI arrests in 1 traffic stop

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Jay-Z more than a rock star at 9/11 concert

• Depp back for new 'Pirates' film coming in 2011

• Garrison Keillor out of hospital after stroke

• Source: Boyle to perform on 'America's Got Talent'

• Bare bellies make a comeback at NY Fashion Week

• Annie Leibovitz buys back copyright to her photos

• 'M-A-S-H' writer Larry Gelbart dies at 81

Science, Technology & Environment

• When someone is raised female and the genes say XY

• Shuttle astronauts prepare for Texas homecoming

• Archaeologists find early depiction of a menorah

• Extinct New Zealand eagle may have eaten humans

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