CO firefighters to step up attack on Boulder blaze (AP)

Tropical Storm Hermine crosses into Texas (AP)

Abbas asks US to step into settlement dispute (AP)

Church rebuffs military concerns on Quran burning (AP)

Mexico's Pemex reports blast at major refinery (AP)

US smoking rate still stuck at 1 in 5 adults (AP)

Flight attendant in passenger tiff to be evaluated (AP)

Walters, Letterman compare notes on heart surgery (AP)

A class to die for: Zombies 101 at U. Baltimore (AP)

Federer wins, finds familiar company at US Open (AP)

Car bomb kills 16 in Pakistan after Taliban threat (Reuters)

Pressure mounts in U.S. against Koran-burning plan (Reuters)

Iran says it is self-sufficient in gasoline: state TV (Reuters)

French unions test Sarkozy in pensions strike (Reuters)

Blast rips through Mexico oil refinery (Reuters)

NATO aims to oust Taliban from Kandahar by November (Reuters)

Cuba to expand use of employee-run cooperatives (Reuters)

Australia's Gillard scrapes back to power (Reuters)

Ten million without shelter in Pakistan floods: UN (AFP)

Rescuers search for victims of Guatemala landslides (AFP)