BUSINESS

• Proposed Cigar-Tax Hike Has Aficionados Fuming
  Cigar smokers say new taxes could lead them to curb their habits, or switch to less expensive brands.
• This Week's Economic Roundup
  Businesses pull back on hiring plans; gas prices retreat after weeks of gains.

ENTERTAINMENT

• KISS Lead Singer Skips Concert Due to Heart Problems
  KISS lead singer and guitarist Paul Stanley bows out of a Southern California concert because of heart problems before the show.
• Nicole Richie Pleads Guilty to DUI, Gets 4 Days in Jail
  Nicole Richie pleaded guilty Friday to driving under the influence of drugs and was sentenced to four days in jail.
• Pop Tarts: Posh & Becks Swindle Party Place From Newlyweds
  It seems David and Victoria Beckham know what they want, what they really really want — and they are willing to pay for it, even if it means buying out someone else's wedding.
• FOX411: Madonna Makes More, Gives Less
  It must have been a good year for Madonna in 2006; Steven Spielberg let a big cat out of the bag Thursday. Karen Allen is back in "Indiana Jones 4"
• Steve Martin Marries Girlfriend Anne Stringfield
  Most of the roughly 75 guests — who included Tom Hanks, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Carl Reiner and Ricky Jay — were not told that he and Stringfield would wed when they were invited to his home for a 'party.'

HEALTH

• Japanese Launch gPod 'iVibrator' for Women
  The Japanese' love for technology has spawned the "gPod," a so-called iVibrator sex toy.
• Scientists Engineer World's First Schizophrenic Mice
  Scientists have created the world's first schizophrenic mice in an attempt to gain a better understanding of the illness.
• Study: Marijuana Ups Psychosis Risk by 40 Percent
  New review suggests that even infrequent use could raise the small but real risk of serious mental illness by 40 percent.

OPINION

• Minimum Wage, Maximum Trouble
  Supporters of the latest minimum-wage hike have the best of intentions, but increase will actually harm the workers it's intended to help.

POLITICS

• Liberal Activists Step Up Campaign Against FOX News
  Liberal activists led by MoveOn.org are stepping up their campaign against FOX News over perceived bias, according to the groups.
• House Passes Sept. 11 Security Recommendations
  Congress passes legislation to intensify anti-terror efforts in the United States including measure to drastically expand cargo screening.
• Christian Group Warns: Iran Wants to Hit Israel
  Washington was inundated with thousands of Christians last week, but unlike their usual marches to protest abortion rights and other social issues, these Christians had something else in mind: U.S. Middle East policy.
• Sexual Harassment Charges Could Stymie Bloomberg 2008 Bid
  Before his election as mayor in 2001, Bloomberg was the target of a sexual harassment suit by a female executive who accused him of making repeated raunchy sexual comments while he was chief executive of his financial company, Bloomberg LP.
• Marine Disputes Report of Pat Tillman's Final Moments
  A marine who was with Army ranger Pat Tillman when he was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan in 2004 disputes a report of Pat Tillman's final moments.
• FNS Highlights: Gingrich Critiques 2008 GOP Field
  Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Sunday that the Republican presidential candidates lack the solutions to the "enormous problems" the U.S. faces, but that doesn't mean he's jumping into the race.
• Leahy: Gonzales Has One Last Chance to Clarify Self
  Senate Judiciary Committee chairman says attorney general has one week to explain discrepancies in his testimony on administration discussions on surveillance or face investigation.
• Edwards Wants Mandatory Insurance From Employers
  Democratic presidential candidate and former trial lawyer says government shouldn't be negotiating coverage with drug companies.
• U.S. Amb. to U.N. Slams Saudis for Undermining Iraq
  Zalmay Khalilzad says Arab kingdom not only is not helping, but is hurting U.S. efforts to bring stability to Iraq.
• Republicans Try to Develop New Mission Plan for Iraq
  New GOP-sponsored legislation would end daily patrols on streets of Baghdad and restrict fighting to defensive-only position, security forces training.

SCIENCE

• Oxygen-Poor 'Dead Zone' in Atlantic Is Third Biggest Ever
  Crabs, eels and other creatures usually found on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico are swimming in crowds on the surface because there is too little oxygen in their usual habitat.

U.S.

• Bonds Misses Chance to Tie Hank Aaron's Home Run Record
  Barry Bonds wanted a pitcher to challenge him and Dontrelle Willis was more than ready. Bonds went hitless in three at-bats with a walk and still needs one home run to tie Hank Aaron's record in the Giants' 4-to-3 win over to Florida on Saturday night.
• Town Makes Bid to Build World's Largest Ketchup Packet
  H.J. Heinz Co. donates 4,000 bottles of ketchup to fundraiser for fire-damaged school in Illinois town that already hold record for the world's largest bottle of ketchup.
• Runway Plane Crash Kills Pilot at Ohio Air Show
  A plane performing a stunt crashed into a runway Saturday before thousands of people at an air show, killing the pilot, an official said
• Thousands Mourn Deadly Home Invasion Victims
  Thousands of friends and strangers crowded a memorial service for a slain Cheshire mother and her two daughters.
• Police ID Body of Missing University of Wisconsin Student
  The body of a woman found in a car at the bottom of the Fox River is probably the missing Green Bay student that police have been looking for since July 13, according to the Brown County medical examiner.
• Prison Guard Allegedly Kills Wife, Wounds Son
  Baltimore police are searching for Donald Webb Jr., 48, a lieutenant in the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, for the alleged shooting murder of his wife and wounding of his 130year-old stepson.
• Man Dies After Cops Respond to Report of Exorcism
  Officers responding to a report of an exorcism on a young girl found her grandfather choking her and used stun guns to subdue the man, who later died, authorities said Sunday.
• Report: British Troops Prepare to Withdraw From Iraq
  British troops began preparing to withdraw from central Basra Sunday, a move that signals the coming end of the British military presence in Iraq and America's loss of its largest coalition partner, the New York Times reported Sunday.
• Cities Suing Street Gangs in Latest Tactic to Fight Drugs,
  Fort Worth and San Francisco are among the latest to file lawsuits against gang members, asking courts for injunctions barring them from hanging out together on street corners, in cars or anywhere else in certain areas.
• Web Site Archives Dead of MySpace
  MyDeathSpace.com memorializes the dead, mostly young, with profiles; currently it lists nearly 2,700 deaths.
• Wildfires Cause Evacuations, Road Closings in California, Mo
  A highway near Glacier National Park was reopened Sunday, just a half-mile from a wind-whipped wildfire, but a nearby lodge threatened by the flames remained evacuated.
• Pet Rental Service Provides Part-Time Pet Ownership
  A San Francisco company contracts out dogs by the day to urbanites without the time or space to care for a pet full-time.
• Dead Birds Prompt Shutdown of D.C. Metro
  More than 20 dead birds and a strange substance prompted authorities to send hazardous materials crews to four Metrorail stations in the District of Columbia and Maryland.
• Apartment Fire in California's Central Valley Kills 5
  Police Chief Kim Morrell says foul play is not suspected, but investigators have not determined the cause.
• Montana Wildfire Spreads Nearly Unchecked
  Hot, dry and windy weather helped a wildfire near Glacier National Park grow to roughly 5,000 acres on Sunday and continue to threaten an evacuated lodge.
• Boy Scout Earns Eagle Award at 88
  An elderly man who's Scout career was interrupted by service in World War II earns his Eagle Scout badge at age 88.
• Cal Ripken Jr., Tony Gwynn Inducted Into Hall of Fame
  Ripken will go down as the game's 'Iron Man,' while Gwynn is known as one of the game's greatest hitters.
• U.S Fears That Brown Wants Iraq Pull-Out
  A senior Downing Street aide has sounded out Washington on the possibility of an early British military withdrawal from Iraq.
• Man Accused of Trying to Buy Children for Sexual Torture
  An Ohio school computer technician with two stepchildren and a backyard swimming pool has been charged with trying to hire a woman in Miami to let him nearly drown her two daughters for his sexual pleasure.

WORLD

• Musharraf, Exiled Leader Discuss Power Sharing in Pakistan
  Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and exiled former PM Benazir Bhutto held secret meeting to discuss a power-sharing deal favored by Western allies.
• Hezbollah: We Are Ready to Strike Israel Again
  Hezbollah's leader said Saturday that the militant Islamic group's war last summer with Israel has left the U.S. vision of a 'new Middle East' in shambles and claimed the guerrilla group was ready to strike Israel again at any time.
• Blast Near Islamabad's Red Mosque Kills 13
  A large explosion went off in a hotel near Islamabad's Red Mosque on Friday, killing at least 13 people and injuring 43 others, police said. Television footage showed burned and bloodied victims.
• Sacred Bull With TB Killed in U.K.
  A sacred bull seized from a Hindu monastery in Wales because he tested positive for tuberculosis has been slaughtered, officials said Friday.
• Palestinians Begin Crossing Israel to Gaza STrip
  More than 100 Palestinians began crossing into Israel en route to the Gaza Strip on Sunday, almost two months after Hamas' takeover of the seaside strip triggered the closure of the border with Egypt.
• Vehicles Banned From Baghdad Streets Ahead of Soccer Final
  Authorities announced a vehicle ban will be imposed in Baghdad Sunday ahead of Iraq's Asian Cup soccer championship game against Saudi Arabia.
• Japanese PM Vows to Stay Despite Election Defeat
  Shinzo Abe led his scandal-stained ruling coalition to an unexpectedly severe defeat in parliamentary elections, but despite the humiliating setback, Abe vowed to stay in office.
• Stranded Palestinians Begin to Return Home
  More than 100 Palestinians stranded for weeks in Egypt after the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip began returning home Sunday, entering Israel and riding buses to a crossing point into northern Gaza.
• Berlin Residents Oppose New McDonald's
  People living in small, but diverse Berlin neighborhood demonstrating against the construction of the new restaurant.
• Defiant Gunfire After Iraq Soccer Team Wins Asia Cup
  Defying orders from authorities, revelers fired celebratory gunshots and poured into the streets after Iraq beat Saudi Arabia to clinch its first Asian Cup soccer championship on Sunday.
• Iraq Soccer Team Wins Asia Cup With Win Over Saudi Arabia
  Younis Mahmoud's second-half header clinched Iraq's first Asia Cup title, giving the conflict-ravaged country a 1-0 win over three-time champion Saudi Arabia in Sunday's final.
• For Iraqi Soccer Champs, Victory Is Marred By Violence
  Though the Iraqi soccer team's Asian Cup victory brought joy to Iraqis everywhere, the players will not be returning to their war-torn homeland any time soon.
• Tempers Flare Between Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Mailiki and U.S. Gen
  Iraq's foreign minister calls the relationship between Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and Gneral David Petraeus 'difficult'as Petraeus, calls their ties 'very good.'
• Spaniard Alberto Contador Wins Tour De France
  Alberto Contador is a new, young and unlikely winner for the three-week race shaken by doping scandals.
• Afghan President Condemns Kidnapping of South Koreans
  Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the kidnapping of 22 South Koreans by Taliban militants is shameful and that abducting women in particular was un-Islamic, while a purported Taliban spokesman sets new deadline for the hostages' lives.
• Ex-French PM Villepin Charged in Smear Campaign
  Judges filed preliminary charges Friday against former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin for his suspected role in a smear campaign that targeted Nicolas Sarkozy before he became France's president, an attorney said.
• Tropical Storm Usagi Forms Off Coast of Japan
  Tropical Storm Usagi, located near the Northern Mariana Islands, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph, was moving west at 19 mph, the Japan's Meteorological Agency reported says.
• Afghanistan: No Progress in Talks to Free 22 Hostages
  A purported Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, said the militant group had given a list of 23 insurgent prisoners it wants released in exchange for the hostages and was now waiting for the government to act.
• Report: China Detains Priests From Underground Church
  Three priests were detained Tuesday in the northern region of Inner Mongolia after fleeing their hometown to avoid arrest for refusing to join the state-sanctioned church, group says.

SHOWS

• FNS w/ Chris Wallace: Transcript: Sen. Russ Feingold on 'FNS'
  Wisconsin Democrat who wants to censure President Bush always wants a special prosecutor to find out if Attorney General Gonzales lied to Congress over administration consultations on a terror surveillance plan.
• FNS w/ Chris Wallace: Transcript: Newt Gingrich on 'FOX News Sunday'
  Inability to recognize system failure and desire to live in a pipedream are the Achilles heels for Republicans and Democrats respectively, says former House speaker.