ABC News – Top Stories

1. Obama: 'If I Said Fish Live in the Sea, Republicans Would Say No' -
   
   
   
   Barack Obama - United States - President - History - Labor Day
2. Anti-Islam Rhetoric Heats Up Ahead of 9/11 - From Burn a Quran Day to arson at the site of mosque construction, anti-Islam rhetoric seems to intensify as Americans approach the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
   
   
   
   Islam - Religion and Spirituality - Rhetoric - Social Sciences - Religion
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4. Van Der Sloot Confesses to Extortion - Joran van der Sloot speaks from Peruvian prison and says he has only himself to blame, but suggests the FBI lured him to Peru to extradite him on U.S. extortion charge.
   
   
   
   Natalee Holloway - Aruba - Joran van der Sloot - United States - De Telegraaf
5. Ex-Soldier Takes 3 Hostage at Military Hospital - A former Army soldier demanding behavioral treatment at a Georgia military hospital took three workers hostage at gunpoint Monday before authorities persuaded the gunman to surrender peacefully.
   
   
   
   Hospital - British Army - Military - Army - Georgia
6. Paying More for Less Insurance Coverage? - Workers are paying 14 percent more for their employer-sponsored plans than they did last year as a bigger chunk of healthcare costs shifted from employers to employees, according to a new survey.
   
   
   
   Health care - Employment - Insurance - United States - Business
7. Avandia Faces Scrutiny in U.K. - On July 15 -- a day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration completed two days of hearings on the diabetes drug Avandia -- a British advisory commission on drugs concluded that the product should be withdrawn from the market, according to an investigation conducted by BMJ.
   
   
   
   BMJ - Food and Drug Administration - United States - Diabetes mellitus - Health
8. Woman Devours 181 Chicken Wings in Contest - Va.'s Black Widow gobbles up 181 chicken wings in 12 minutes to win NY contest, set record
   
   
   
   Chicken - Cooking - Home - Poultry - Meat
9. 'World News' Craigslist Story Saves Girl's Life - Craigslist, the popular online community site with millions of American users, may be creating an outlet for pimps to sexually exploit children.
   
   
   
   Craigslist - United States - Sexuality - Jim Buckmaster - Politics of Sexuality
10. Report: Money Can Buy Happiness, to a Point - They say money can't buy happiness, but they're wrong, at least up to a point. People's emotional well-being increases along with their income up to about $75,000, researchers report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
    
    
    
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - Psychology - National Academy of Sciences - Social Sciences - Evolutionary Psychology