John Edwards admits extramarital affair

Nassau

• Minivan slams into Oceanside post office

• Nassau closes 10 North Shore beaches

• Anti-gang activist exonerated in diner case

• Intruder who killed Freeport man sentenced

• New Hyde Park firefighter hurt in park mishap

Suffolk

• 'Thoughts and prayers' for critically hurt off-duty officer

• Suspected drowning in Water Mill pool

• Local teen hopes discounts increase voter registrations

• Recalling the hurricane of '38 in Stony Brook

• Setauket Fire District tries again for new building

New York City

• Queens mother arrested after bones of daughter found

• 3 sought in Brooklyn cabbie shooting

• Alleged car thief shot, killed during traffic stop

• Truck knocks down pedestrian bridge on Bruckner

• Gotti defense attorney calls Kasman 'a joke' as witness

Sports

• Favre touches down in NYC

• Favre: Jets GM lured me to NY

• China strides into Olympics with stunning ceremony

• Joba expects to return to rotation this month

• Leaderboard: PGA Championship

Entertainment

• MTV's 'American Mall' to battle 'High School Musical'

• Ben Stiller spoofs war in 'Tropic Thunder'

• 'Star Wars' is spoofed in spacey parody 'Clone Wars'

• Dennis Hopper stars in 'Hell Ride'

• Paying tribute to the heyday of black playwrights

Business

• Lexus again tops J.D. Power car dependability study

• Hacking case shows systems' vulnerability

• Verizon unions set new Sunday strike deadline

• Realtors happy with seasonal sales uptick

• Nine pitfalls sellers must know Photos

Health & Fitness

• Spend less time in the gym, but burn more fat

• Physician misconduct law prompted by hepatitis scare signed by guv

• Hospital notifies 480 of possible exposure to virus

• Woman has puppies cloned from beloved pit bull, Booger

• STAY FIT: Where you can be Olympian

Nation/World

• Georgian Foreign Ministry says Russian aircraft bombed Georgian air bases

• Detroit mayor charged with assault just as he is cleared to leave jail on bond violation

• Clinton may seek roll-call vote at Dems' convention

• New trial for Ga. woman convicted of shooting 85-year-old boyfriend in jealous rage

• Former child workers describe meatpacking plant perils

Editorials

• Viewsday: Hacked up by ID theft

• Viewsday: So much for change

• Property tax cap 101

• Viewsday: Michael Dorman, Boy Reporter

• Playing the numbers game