Bush, Kerry Looking for Edge in Debate
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Running even just 20 days before the election, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are looking for any edge in their third and final debate Wednesday night. The face-to-face meeting, scheduled for 9 p.m. EDT at Arizona State University, is limited to economic and domestic policy, but there may be questions that allow Bush to discuss foreign policy, the war in Iraq and his campaign against terrorism - all issues the Republican's campaign thinks he does well on.

Supreme Court Debates Juvenile Executions
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is considering whether the United States is out of step with the rest of the world, and with national and global standards of decency, by allowing teenage killers to be put to death. Nineteen states allow capital punishment for 16- and 17-year-olds, and more than 70 juvenile murderers are on death row.

3 U.S. Soldiers Killed by Bomb in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A roadside bomb attack killed three American soldiers in a convoy on the day of a country-wide offensive by U.S. troops and Iraqi soldiers against Sunni insurgents and suspected extremists. The attack happened at around 10 p.m. Tuesday in eastern Baghdad, a military statement said. The names of the soldiers were withheld pending notification of their families. No further details of the incident were disclosed.

CDC Flu Plan Aims to Guard Those at Risk
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government moved Tuesday to direct scarce remaining flu shots straight to pediatricians, nursing homes and other places that care for the patients who need them most. But only a fraction of the 22.4 million doses that maker Aventis Pasteur has yet to ship can be diverted to areas with the biggest shortages. And officials acknowledged Tuesday that even if planned rationing goes well, there will be high-risk patients who struggle to get shots but can't find them.

Military Helping Soldiers Vote in Nov.
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - Although Lt. Lynn Shradley didn't vote in the last presidential election, she plans to this year. She even took her political involvement a step further, helping other soldiers apply for absentee ballots during an election fair at Fort Campbell. The 23-year-old, who now has an Iraq deployment under her belt, said the war is one reason why she's interested.

FCC Proposes $1.2M Indecency Fine for Fox
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators proposed a record indecency fine of nearly $1.2 million Tuesday against Fox Broadcasting Co. for an episode of its reality series "Married by America" that included graphic scenes from bachelor and bachelorette parties. The Federal Communications Commission said the material, which featured male and female Las Vegas strippers in a variety of sexual situations, was indecent and patently offensive, intended to "pander to and titillate the audience."

Obesity Surgery Could Stop Diabetes
CHICAGO (AP) - Obesity surgery helps patients do more than shed weight - it often cures their diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, researchers say. The research - an analysis of 136 studies - found that such operations are more than cosmetic. They appear to alter the patient's body chemistry itself and eliminate or relieve conditions that can lead to heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure.

Alabama to Vote on Segregation Language
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Fifty years after the U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing school segregation, an Alabama law mandating racially separate classrooms is still on the books. Gov. Bob Riley and others concerned about the state's image are urging voters to approve a constitutional amendment on Nov. 2 to strike the long-unenforceable language from the state constitution. They say such laws are a painful reminder of the South's divisive past, and make Alabama look bad when it comes to drawing in new businesses.

Bones Found in Purported Mob Graveyard
NEW YORK (AP) - Investigators found the remains of two people believed to be former Mafia captains at a vacant lot apparently used for years as a graveyard for people ordered killed by the late mob boss John Gotti and other gangsters, authorities said. Searchers recovered bones and other tissue in a shoe, ribs, a partial jaw and teeth and two personal items that led investigators to believe they had the remains of Bonanno crime family captains Philip Giaccone and Dominick Trinchera, law enforcement officials familiar with the dig said Tuesday on condition of anonymity.

Yankees Take Game 1 of ALCS Over Red Sox
NEW YORK (AP) - Mariano Rivera showed up in time to save the New York Yankees, putting his grief aside just long enough to do what he does best. Rivera got Boston's Kevin Millar to pop out to strand the tying run at third base in the eighth inning, then finished out a thrilling 10-7 win for the Yankees in Tuesday night's opener of the AL championship series. Hours after jetting back from a funeral for relatives in Panama, baseball's greatest closer stopped the surging Red Sox, who had cut an eight-run deficit to one.