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• Schwarzenegger warns of more cuts to state budget
  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warned Tuesday of future cuts to the state budget that was signed into law just two weeks ago and insisted something must be done to address California's mounting financial problems.
• Judge orders release of Chinese Muslims into US
  A federal judge ordered the Bush administration to free immediately 17 Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay into the United States, a dramatic ruling that could set the course for releasing dozens of other prisoners from the U.S. naval facility in Cuba.
• No jail for WA man who posted he'd shoot up mall
  A man pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct Tuesday for writing on a newspaper Web site that he was going to shoot up a shopping mall one day after a shooting spree in another Washington state town.
• Obituaries in the news
  Dom Rosselli
• Flyers lose to minor league affiliate Phantoms 4-2
  The Flyers finished their preseason Tuesday with a 4-2 loss to their minor league affiliate, the American Hockey League's Philadelphia Phantoms.
• Marathon tops group after draw with Cruz Azul
  Erik Norales scored three minutes from fulltime to give a 10-man Marathon of Honduras a 1-1 draw with Cruz Azul in the fourth round of the CONCACAF Champions League on Tuesday.
• Scientists go chatting to hear kids' drug concerns
  It's nothing to LOL about.
• China to give housing subsidies to quake survivors
  China has launched a housing subsidy scheme to assist urban residents in quake-hit Sichuan, state media reported.
• US budget deficit hits record $438 billion
  The U.S. government budget deficit hit a new record in the just-completed 2008 budget year under the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.
• Police blame Mich. townspeople for moose's death
  An adult moose was shot and killed Monday when it became agitated after curious onlookers followed it around a Michigan town and authorities decided the animal posed a safety risk, police said.
• Tuesday's Sports Transactions
  COLORADO ROCKIES_Announced hitting coach Alan Cockrell, 3B coach Mike Gallego and bench coach Jamie Quirk will not be offered contracts for the 2009 season, and bullpen coach Rick Mathews will be reassigned within the organization.
• Budget deficit hits record $438 billion, CBO says
  The federal budget deficit hit a new record in the just-completed 2008 budget year under the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.
• Alcoa's 3Q profit falls 52 percent
  Alcoa Inc., the world's third-largest aluminum producer, on Tuesday reported a 52-percent drop in third quarter profit and said it would conserve cash by suspending its stock buyback program and all non-critical capital projects.
• Fed, in emergency move, will lend to companies
  Frantically trying to stop the bleeding on Wall Street, the Federal Reserve took a first-time step Tuesday to get cash directly to businesses and hinted that interest rates could come down soon. Stocks continued their free fall anyway and hit new five-year lows.
• Linkin Park cancels China tour over back injury
  Linkin Park said Tuesday that it's canceling its China tour because lead singer Chester Bennington has suffered a back injury.
• McCain would buy bad homeowner mortgages
  Republican presidential candidate John McCain is proposing a $300 billion program for the federal government to buy up bad home mortgages and allow homeowners to keep their houses.
• Fed, in emergency move, will lend to companies
  The Federal Reserve reached deeper into its bag of tricks Tuesday to slow the financial crisis. Wall Street was not amused.
• Carpentier out of No. 10 at Gillett Evernham
  Patrick Carpentier was released from Gillett Evernham Motorsports on Tuesday, and Mike Wallace and AJ Allmendinger will finish the season in the No. 10 Dodge.
• Fed, in emergency move, will lend to companies
  Frantically trying to stop the bleeding on Wall Street, the Federal Reserve took a first-time step Tuesday to get cash directly to businesses and hinted that interest rates could come down soon. Stocks continued their free fall anyway and hit new five-year lows.
• Lakers open preseason without Jackson
  Los Angeles coach Phil Jackson missed the Lakers' preseason opener against the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night because of soreness and swelling in his lower legs.
• AP Exclusive: Documents say detainee near insanity
  A U.S. military officer warned Pentagon officials that an American detainee was being driven nearly insane by months of punishing isolation and sensory deprivation in a U.S. military brig, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
• HK index plunges in early trade
  Hong Kong's stock index plunged in early trade Wednesday, tracking sharp losses in Wall Street overnight amid continued fears about the worsening credit crisis.
• Iowa AG decision means Chicago cop will be freed
  A Chicago police officer could be released within days after the Iowa attorney general's office announced Tuesday it would not seek a state Supreme Court review of his case.
• Morales: Bolivia should not fear US 'blockade'
  The U.S. is set to suspend a trade deal with Bolivia that is worth 20,000 Bolivian jobs and $150 million a year, but President Evo Morales says South America's poorest country shouldn't worry.
• Border agent fired at driver at US-Mexico crossing
  The Border Patrol says an agent fired a gun at a driver who ran over an agent's leg at a vehicle checkpoint on the U.S.-Mexico border east of San Diego.
• Obama, McCain avoid rancor in critical 2nd debate
  Republican John McCain and Democratic opponent Barack Obama clashed on the Iraq war in their critical second presidential debate Tuesday but shied away from the rancor and character attacks of the days leading up to the face-off.
• Obama, McCain stretch facts in debate
  Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stretched facts, sometimes past the breaking point, as they addressed the financial crisis and misrepresented each other's position on health care during their second presidential debate.
• Huskies excited to start season
  Finally, there's a bit of promising optimism from a sports team in this slumping city.
• Killings put counselors on alert about money woes
  Mental health counselors were on the alert Tuesday for calls from people depressed or possibly suici