AP - The mother of one of the four firefighters who died battling a wildfire that authorities blamed on arsonists urged those who set it to turn themselves in Saturday.

AP - NATO and Afghan troops battled a large group of insurgents who attacked a military base in southern Afghanistan Saturday, killing 55 suspected militants, the alliance said. A roadside blast killed one NATO soldier and wounded eight others.

AP - Twenty-eight years after his first campaign, George W. Bush is waging his last. If the polls are right, the president could wind up experiencing the sting of defeat for the first time since that 1978 race.