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Va. woman devours 181 chicken wings in NY contest (AP)

AP - The Black Widow of eating contests gobbled up nearly 181 chicken wings in 12 minutes, devouring the national championship record in Buffalo on Sunday.

Backyard volunteers helping track firefly numbers (AP)
AP - The yellow-green streaks of fireflies that bring a magical air to summer nights, inspire camp songs and often end up in jars in children's bedrooms may be flickering out in the nation's backyards as suburban sprawl encroaches on their habitats.
Taiwan's HTC: iPhone's `quiet' challenger (AP)

AP - East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone.

Top 10 Summer Sky Objects to See Before Fall (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - As the summer night sky draws near its close, there are still some cosmic objects that may beckon skywatchers equipped with a small telescope, binoculars or their own two eyes.

Exercise shoes focus attention on walking (Reuters)
Reuters - Call them toners, shapers, or rocker bottoms, those exercise shoes with the distinctive thick, rounded soles are flying off the shelves and onto the feet of even the most clodhopper-averse walkers.
China praises 'sound, stable' relationship with US (AP)
AP - Senior U.S. and Chinese officials met Monday to steady relations beset by tensions over currency, trade and military affairs.
1 'censored' bar won't stop online prostitution (AP)

AP - Craiglist's "adult services" section has been shut down in the U.S., but prostitution on the Internet is alive and well — even, quite possibly, on Craigslist.

Hit on Iran would spell Israel's 'eradication': Ahmadinejad (AFP)

AFP - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ruled out an attack on the Islamic republic over its nuclear programme, during a visit to Qatar on Sunday, because any such action would result in Israel's destruction.

Despite formal combat end, US joins Baghdad battle (AP)

AP - Days after the U.S. officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq's ability to defend itself, American troops found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters in the center of Baghdad on Sunday. The fighting killed 12 people and wounded dozens.

Shoes, eggs hurled at ex-Brit PM Blair in Dublin (AP)

AP - Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday at Tony Blair who held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in Ireland's capital. Hundreds more people lined up to have their books autographed — evidence that the divisions left by Blair's decade as British leader have yet to heal.

Want cheapskates to spend? Hawk gizmos that save (AP)

AP - How do you get penny pinchers to spend these days? Pitch products that promise to save them money.

AP Interview: Author leaving home next to Palins (AP)

AP - Sarah Palin can take down the fence. Palin's neighbor of three months on Wasilla's Lake Lucille, author Joe McGinniss, is packing his bags and notebooks and leaving Sunday for his home in Massachusetts to write the book he has been researching on the former governor and GOP vice presidential candidate.

Guatemala landslides kill dozens, toll seen rising (Reuters)

Reuters - A massive landslide buried a crowd trying to dig out a bus from deep mud on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, with dozens more feared dead, as torrential rains battered Guatemala.

'Crocodile Dundee' says bad publicity behind release (AFP)

AFP - Paul Hogan, the actor made famous by the "Crocodile Dundee" films, said the bad publicity surrounding his dispute with the Australian tax office had forced it to lift travel restrictions on him.

Christie's expects Poussin to fetch up to $31 million (Reuters)

Reuters - Christie's expects a major work called "Ordination" by French master Nicolas Poussin to fetch 15-20 million pounds ($23-31 million) when it goes under the hammer in London on December 7.

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