Today's Headlines -- Thursday

• German parliament passes expanded euro fund (AP)
• AP Exclusive: US fugitive lived openly in Africa (AP)
• Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits (AP)
• Election-year ruling looms for health overhaul (AP)
• Presidential contenders boosted by super PACs (AP)
• Feds: Mass. man planned to blow up US buildings (AP)
• Nobel Peace Prize for Arab Spring? (AP)
• Hundreds of plants, animals up for new protections (AP)
• Stock futures up after German vote on bailout fund (AP)
• What a finish! Rays, Cards clinch playoff spots (AP)
• Second-quarter growth revised up to 1.3 percent (Reuters)
• Jobless claims fall sharply in latest week (Reuters)
• Merkel dodges bullet with euro vote victory (Reuters)
• Perry aides told different stories in lawsuit (Reuters)
• Shell shutting down entire Singapore refinery after fire (Reuters)
• Kindle Fire may force Android tablet makers to cut prices (Reuters)
• Analysis: States lobby against Medicaid cuts in Congress (Reuters)
• Pakistan says U.S. pressure on militants must end (Reuters)
• Would Obama's jobs plan help avoid a recession? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• When is a terrorist not a terrorist? America's Haqqani conundrum. (The Christian Science Monitor)