'Bad' boot plan marching on
Chicago aldermen will be asked today to lower the boom on their scofflaw constituents -- by dropping the Denver boot threshold from three unpaid tickets to two. The Finance Committee is expected to approve Mayor Daley's plan to make a $48 million dent in the city's massive $420 million budget shortfall, but not without a fight.

Florida Keys residents weigh evacuation ahead of Ike
As a ferocious Hurricane Ike ripped across Cuba, a tropical storm warning was issued for the Florida Keys early Monday.

Landslide in northern China kills 26
The Xinhua News Agency says at least 26 people are dead after a landslide in northern China.

Oops! Obama says 'my Muslim faith'
A verbal slip by Barack Obama, in which he made a reference to "my Muslim faith," unleashed a barrage of Internet attacks Sunday.

How to tell if he will be a cheater
Laura Berman: Were you born to cheat? A new study suggests that some men might be more likely to cheat than others. According to the study, men who have a higher number of copies of the cheater's gene might struggle with monogamy more than men who have a lower number of copies of the gene, or no copies at all.

In the wake of deadly school shootings at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University, Loyola is hoping it can enlist an army to flag potential problem students. The army? Other students.