AP 2010-10-18（在线收听）

1. Aides say President Barack Obama was directly involved in discussions on how to respond to a California judge's ruling that the “don't ask, don't tell” policy is unconstitutional. The president has long opposed the policy but says he wants Congress to repeal the law.

2. Police are searching for the estranged husband of a 19-year-old California college student. Her body was found in a men's restroom on campus Tuesday. Local media report 37-year-old Armando Gabriel Perez is a person of interest and may have fled to Mexico.

3. Chile's president says he'll triple the budget of that country's mine safety agency. President Sebastian Pinera visited the miners at their hospital to pose for pictures and declare the men and the country had experienced a rebirth.

4. And a Virginia teen got caught trying to score some Halloween fun for free. But the store owner decided to settle the case without handcuffs and judge. The unidentified 18-year-old agreed to wear a bird costume outside the shop.