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Excerpt: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: It's football season, and time for dedicated fans to show their team spiritthrough age-old cheers, judicious application of body paint, and pregame celebrations in stadium parking lots. Epicurious' Pableaux Johnson coaches you to pregame victory withthese eight classic recipes, 11 must-have tools and tips for getting it all done. ›19:42 27 Aug, Wed
As Americans fill trains, frustration grows: Looking up at a list of delayed trains at Boston's crowded South Station on a summer afternoon, Peter Pesis asks why passenger trains in the United States are so slow, so crowded and so prone to delays. ›15:58 27 Aug, Wed
One-horse town to be no-horse town: A one-horse town in Nebraska looks like it's set to become a no-horse town. ›09:33 27 Aug, Wed
Car hits Playboy Mansion twice: One man appears determined to crash the party at the Playboy Mansion. ›10:20
Enjoy a long weekend getaway at the Grand Canyon: A long-weekend getaway featuring a train ride to the national park, a bus tour of the canyon's South Rim, and overnights in the park and in the historic town of Williams, Ariz. ›13:49 27 Aug, Wed
Still looking for a reason to get fired up for Week 1?: Not convinced you should be tuned into college football from Day 1? Randy Hill is here to get you into a brand new season. ›19:28 27 Aug, Wed
FAA glitch underscores importance of modernizing: Dozens of major airports affected by network problem in Georgia, FAA says. ›22:11 27 Aug, Wed
My wife and I dont have sex anymore: Many children are already having back problems. The reason: their backpacks weigh more than they do. TODAY technology editor Paul Hochman offers tips and guidelines to make sure they don't feel weighed down and overloaded at school. ›18:47 27 Aug, Wed
Library scofflaw: They were good books: Heidi Dalibor, the 20-year-old Wisconsin woman recently arrested and booked for failing to pay her library fines, was rueful about the surprising chapter in her life that landed her in headlines and a police car: It was my fault. Now all I can do is laugh. ›15:22 25 Aug, Mon
Ga. town seeks scarecrow world record: A small northeastern Georgia town's population boom is, well, scary. In a bid to break a world record, residents are building hundreds of scarecrows . ›23:20 27 Aug, Wed
Wanted: Home for 6 million dead carp: Psst. Hey buddy, wanna buy 6 million carp? Utah has issued a permit to a businessman to remove 1.6 million pounds of carp in a bid to help an endangered species of fish. ›09:23 26 Aug, Tue
Pageant for nuns canceled: An Italian priest who had planned an online "pageant" for nuns has suspended the project, saying he was misinterpreted and had no intention of putting sisters on a beauty catwalk. ›15:14 26 Aug, Tue
Child killer Duncan gets death sentence: A federal jury recommended the death sentence for convicted child killer Joseph Edward Duncan III on charges related to the kidnapping and murder of Dylan Groene. ›21:45 27 Aug, Wed
Advancing Atlantic swallows African village: The old shore road to Totope is now under the sea, and when developers began carving out another one, it was washed away so often they abandoned it. ›14:13 26 Aug, Tue
Obama claims historic presidential nomination: Barack Obama became the first African-American ever nominated for president by a major political party after delegates to the Democratic National Convention chose him as their standard-bearer Wednesday. ›01:43
Thousands stage anti-war protest march: A column of people three blocks long, led by members of the Iraq Veterans Against the War, streamed from the Denver Coliseum on Wednesday in an anti-war protest march to the Pepsi Center. ›03:12
At top of Greenland, new cracks in ice: In northern Greenland, new satellite images show a growing giant crack and an 11-square-mile chunk of ice hemorrhaging off a major glacier. ›23:31 21 Aug, Thu
NYT: New hope 45 years after King's dream: Many veterans of the March on Washington will gather at televisions Thursday night and watch an event they would have considered impossible not just in 1963, but perhaps in 1983, or 1993. ›04:36
Keep your kids happy with healthy snacks: Check out these mature males who, like wine just get better with age. ›16:11 4 Dec, Tue
Factory had tension between union, immigrants: Union bosses in this region of rural Mississippi have long grumbled that the largest factories here hire illegal immigrants, and that the immigrants were starting to get more overtime and supervisory positions. ›23:55 27 Aug, Wed
Psst! Gossip sets fashions trends: Pandas and dolphins and dogs oh my! From a colossal cow to a stowaway kitty, these creatures are all extraordinary in some way. ›19:43 22 Aug, Fri
Holy cow! 9 amazing animals: After her husband of 40 years passed away, Anne Roiphe was pushed into the world of Internet dating. In her memoir "Epilogue," Roiphe writes about discovering how much the rules of the game had changed. ›16:09 26 Aug, Tue
DW: Fair call: ›17:54 27 Aug, Wed
Roddick rolls in first match at U.S. Open: If Andy Roddick wants to contend at a Grand Slam again, this is one heck of a start. ›06:42
