National News
- Obituaries in the news
- Robert W. Plaster
- On Oct. 13, 1792, the cornerstone of the White House was laid in the District of Columbia
- Today is Monday, Oct. 13, the 287th day of 2008. There are 79 days left in the year. This is the Columbus Day holiday in the United States, as well as Thanksgiving Day in Canada.
- Hundreds evacuated as wildfire burns about 2,000 acres in area northeast of Los Angeles
- Fire officials prepared late Sunday for rapid growth of a wildfire blazing 20 miles north of downtown with the expected arrival of strong, dry wind gusts overnight.
- The Nation's Weather
- Heavy snow fell in parts of the West on Sunday, with several counties in mountainous parts of Wyoming reporting as much as 33 inches.
- US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,181 Sunday, according to Associated Press count
- As of Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, at least 4,181 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
- Chicago officer released from Iowa prison tastes freedom with hot dog and motorcycle ride
- A Chicago policeman went for his first motorcycle ride since being released from an Iowa prison, only to be pulled over - by officers who wanted to congratulate him.
- Lost manatee rescued off Cape Cod dies en route to a rehabilitation center in Florida
- An animal welfare official says a wayward manatee that was rescued from cold Cape Cod waters died on the way home to Florida.
- Descendants of 1st immigrant to pass through Ellis Island mark NYC grave with Irish cross
- The New York grave of an Irish woman who was the first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island has been marked with a Celtic cross.
- Hot dog champ takes another slice of competitive-eating pie by winning NY pizza-eating title
- Chowdown champ Joey Chestnut has done it again - this time proving he's a pizza powerhouse.
- Former Minn. legislator Allan Spear, among country's earliest openly gay officials, dies at 71
- Allan H. Spear, a former Minnesota state senator who was one of the nation's first openly gay legislators, has died. He was 71.