State

• ADM's price fixing movie opens in firm's hometown Decatur

• Illinois pastor swims English Channel for charity

• Cops' rally comes after racially charged killing

• School gives chronically ill students a chance

National

• Calif. horrorcore rapper suspected of killing 4

• Colo. terror plot suspect due in federal court

• Marine charged with faking war wounds for gain

• Sheriff: Captured inmate duped pal during escape

• NYC mob heir 'Junior' Gotti on trial for 4th time

• Ship that helped rescue captain returns to Va.

• Scary times for pumpkin growers in New England

• Recall information

International

• Afghan police say more troops not the answer

• Police say attack on Pakistani minister foiled

• German teen who attacked school awakes from coma

• Head of group accused in Mumbai assault arrested

• Philippine troops seize Abu Sayyaf militants' camp

• Ahmadinejad proud of Holocaust denial

• Iraqi Shiite leader appeals for unity before vote

• US ties, climate change focus of Hatoyama's debut

• Blair touts 10 million jobs from climate action

Politics & Government

• Obama: Missile defense decision not about Russia

• Obama: Health insurance mandate no tax increase

  • SPIN METER: $2 trillion in health savings? Where?

• Obama not yet prepared to declare recession over

• Obama: First family to follow rules on flu vaccine

• House moves to extend unemployment benefits

• IRS extends amnesty program for tax cheats

• Report: More troops needed for Afghan war success

ODD & Extraordinary

• St. Louis coffee spill costs campus $200,000

• Man accused of sword attack after finding soda can

• Unfaithful woman uses sign to seek 2nd chance

• Masked police chief sparks brief school lockdown

• Woman at UPS Store uses $20 bill printed in 1934

• Naked man, 91, holds drunken intruder at gunpoint

• Judge: HI man accused in fire must quit smoking

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• 'Chance of Meatballs' tops weekend box office

• 'Mad Men,' '30 Rock' take top series Emmys

  • Emmys acknowledge tough times for TV industry

  • Klum, Oh and Wilde are Emmy fashion trifecta

•  John Travolta may testify at Bahamas trial

• Ceaseless deaths of the famous mark summer '09

Science, Technology & Environment

• NASA launches rocket, dozens report strange lights

• Fla.-bound space shuttle Discovery stops in La.

• Spinning flywheels said to make greener energy

• River heals as lawsuit against Big Poultry looms

• US chemist leaves Zurich post over doctored data

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