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Storm ashore: Tropical Storm Ida came ashore with rain and 35 mph winds Tuesday before weakening to a depression, causing little damage along the Gulf Coast but bringing more rain to the already-soaked southeast.

Letterman case: David Letterman was on the receiving end of a sales pitch, not a shakedown, a defense lawyer said Tuesday in arguing for TV producer Robert Halderman, who's accused of extortion. Halderman acknowledges slipping Letterman's driver a package on Sept. 9 that included the supposed screenplay "treatment" and which police say contained a letter claiming Letterman's world would ...

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