ENTERTAINMENT

• Salman Rushdie Threatens to Sue Over Book by Ex-Bodyguard
  Author Salman Rushdie has threatened to sue a publisher over a book by a former bodyguard that he said portrays him as cheap, nasty and arrogant and depicts his police guards as 'losers' who drank on duty.
• Gunfire at Party WIth Usher, Nelly Sends Patrons Scrambling
  Usher, Sean "Diddy" Combs and Nelly among patrons at Atlanta club where shots were fired

HEALTH

• Officials: CDC Understated Number of New HIV Infections
  Number of Americans infected by the AIDS virus each year is much higher than the government has been estimating, U.S. health officials reported Sunday, acknowledging that their numbers have understated level of the epidemic.
• Settlement Will Reduce Carcinogens in Potato Chips
  Four food manufacturers agreed to reduce levels of a cancer-causing chemical in their potato chips and french fries under a settlement.

POLITICS

• Bush Chides Dems for Blocking Vote on Oil Drilling
  President Bush criticizes Democrats for blocking a vote on whether to lift the federal ban on offshore oil drilling, in his weekly radio address.
• Transcript: President Bush's Radio Address
  President Bush again calls for lifting the ban on offshore oil drilling, in his weekly radio address.
• Waxman: Congress Overcoming Years of GOP Neglect
  Rep. Henry Waxman says in the Democrats' weekly radio address that Congress is working to overcome years of GOP neglect, and that health care will be a top priority in the next administration.

U.S.

• 2 Dead After Plane Crashes in Washington Mountains
  A man and a woman died Friday when their small plane crashed in the Cascade mountains of central Washington.
• Scientist's Suicide Could Bring 'Amerithrax' Probe to Close
  Seven years after anthrax-laced letters terrorized an already frightened nation, a new suspect suddenly emerged in the public eye this week. But he was gone just as quickly, committing suicide before he could be charged with murder.
• Mysterious E. Coli Outbreak Strikes Va. Boy Scout Camp
  Fourteen Boy Scouts and one adult who attended a popular camp in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains contracted an E. coli infection from a source public health officials have yet to identify.
• Texas High School Dress Code Includes Prison Jumpsuits
  Soon after classes begin Aug. 25, violators of the district's beefed-up dress code must don navy blue coveralls unless they get another set of clothes from home — or serve in-school suspension.
• New York Woman Drowns During Honeymoon in Bermuda
  A bride from the Lower East Side of Manhattan drowned while honeymooning in Bermuda.
• Civil War Surrender Document's Authenticity in Question
  Museum officials believe they have one of the three original documents signed by representatives of the Union and Confederacy in Appomattox Court House, Va., on April 10, 1865, a day after Lee's surrender
• Arizona Cops: Boy, 12, Shot and Killed Mom After Argument
  The boy was booked into the county juvenile detention center on a charge of first-degree murder.
• Cops: Drunk Driver Hurts 4 at Wisconsin Parade
  Wayward vehicle drove into the route of a parade Saturday and injured three people, authorities reported.
• Clark Rockefeller in Custody; Daughter Safe
  The search is over for a high-society man accused of abducting his 7-year-old daughter, as police announced Saturday afternoon that Clark Rockefeller was in custody and his daughter safe
• New York Girl Falls 14 Stories, Saved by Soft Landing
  A 12-year-old girl who fell into a chimney on her Manhattan rooftop and plummeted down the flue for 14 stories survived almost unscathed when she landed in a pile of furnace soot — a moment of amazing grace that matches her name.
• Fire Crews Close to Containing Fire Near Yosemite
  Firefighters are getting closer to containing a 53-square-mile wildfire that has destroyed more than 20 homes in the mountains outside Yosemite National Park.
• Plan to Send Dallas Elephant to Mexico Stirs Debate
  Zoo officials plan to send Jenny, who became the zoo's lone elephant when her companion died in May, to a drive-through wildlife park in Mexico because African elephants become unhappy when left alone.
• Landlord Advertises 'Drugs & Sex' in Street Sign Protest
  One Cincinnati landlord is so exasperated by street crime outside his building that he's posted a large sign announcing 'Drugs & Sex For Sale 24/7.'
• Hawaii Man Accused of Helping China Design Missile
  Prosecutors say Noshir Gowadia used Maui as a base to design a stealth cruise missile for China.
• Woman Claims Suspect in Wis. Lakeside Ambush Raped Her
  Woman says a man suspected of opening fire on a group of young adults, killing three, had raped her the night before in the same northern Wisconsin woods where the victims were slain.
• Boy, 4, Tries to Drive to Grandma's House, Crashes
  A preschooler put his little brother in a car, got it turned around and headed off to his grandmother's house.
• Alabama Man Stabbed in Fight Over Cheap Beer
  A dispute over cheap beer left one man in the hospital with stab wounds and another man charged with assault, authorities said Friday.
• Cops: 2 Killed After Ex-Employee Opens Fire at Warehouse
  A worker recently fired for absenteeism showed up outside a book warehouse in suburban Philadelphia on Friday, fatally shooting a veteran employee and a temp before being arrested, authorities and the company said.
• Ohio Clothing Store Opens Bar in Middle of Sales Floor
  A Cleveland clothing store wants to make sure its customers are comfortable, so it has opened a bar in the middle of its sales floor.
• Woman, 97, Says Cat's Yowling Saved Her From Fire
  A 97-year-old woman says her cat's loud, early morning cries saved her from a house fire.

WORLD

• No Help for Iran From Non-Aligned Countries
  Iran is getting little support from non-aligned countries in its stand-off with the U.N. over its nuclear program.
• Bush Faces Political Challenges in Visit to Olympics
  President Bush faces several political challenges when he heads to the Olympics in China next week.
• Officials: Starfish Aren't Toys for Dogs to Fetch
  Tourism officials on the Caribbean island of Grenada say they are concerned about dog owners snatching starfish out of the sea and throwing them like flying discs for their dogs to catch.
• Hamas, Fatah Feud Over Attacks on Facial Hair
  The Jerusalem Post reports that Hamas has resumed its policy of shaving the mustaches of rival Fatah members to humiliate them as a form of punishment
• U.S. Relay Team Stripped of 2000 Olympics Medals
  The International Olympic Committee has stripped gold medals from the U.S. men's 1,600-meter relay team that competed at the 2000 Olympics. The move follows Antonio Pettigrew's doping admission two months ago.
• Iran Remains Defiant in Face of Sanctions Threat
  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that his country wouldn't retreat 'one iota' from its nuclear enrichment program, desite a threat of sanctions from the West
• Palestinian Infighting Escalates With Deadly Attacks
  Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least four dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months
• Man Accused of Dismembering Teen Bragged in Text
  A Brazilian man accused of killing and dismembering a British teenager and stuffing her torso in a suitcase bragged to his brother in a text message that she was 'in the bag,' state police said Saturday.
• Hamas Says It is Closing in on Suspects in Deadly Bombing
  Hamas security forces on Saturday battled fighters in a tribal stronghold where they say suspects in a deadly bombing last week were hiding. Two Hamas police officers were killed and 35 people wounded.
• Employer: Canada Bus Beheading Suspect a 'Model Employee'
  Employer of a man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada said Saturday that he was in shock to learn that his "model employee" has been accused of the grisly attack.
• Sources Dispute Report That Zawahiri Injured or Killed
  There is no truth to a CBS News report that Al Qaeda’s second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is injured or dead, sources tell FOX News.
• More Than 12 Militants Killed in Airstrike in Afghanistan
  U.S.-led coalition troops used airstrikes to kill more than a dozen Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, while a road mine blasted a bus carrying a wedding party, killing the bride, groom and eight other civilians, officials said.
• Leak in Wing Causes Qantas Emergency Landing
  A Philippines-bound Qantas jet had to make an emergency landing at the Sydney airport in Australia because of a leak in the wing, the third mid-air emergency for the carrier in a week.
• Japan Warned of Possible Nuclear Leak by U.S. Sub
  The U.S. Navy has warned that a nuclear submarine may have had radioactive leaks during recent port calls in Japan's south, the country's Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
• U.S. Military Releases More Than 10,000 Iraq Detainees
  The U.S. military said Saturday it has released more than 10,000 detainees in Iraq so far this year — more than in all of 2007 — as it continues to try phase out its running of Iraqi prisons.