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• A month before the Navy Yard rampage, Aaron Alexis complained that people were talking to him through the walls and ceilings, police say.
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• 2. INVESTORS FOCUS ON FED MEETING
• Many expect the agency to announce that it will slow its economic stimulus.
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• 3. WHAT MOSCOW SAYS IT WON'T AGREE TO
• Russia's top diplomat insists that the U.N. resolution governing Syria's handling of its chemical weapons cannot allow the use of force.
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• 4. BATTLE OF ATTRITION, MUCH LIKE LARGER CIVIL WAR
• Rebels have besieged a prison in northern Syria for five months, trying to free the inmates.
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• 5. HOW NJ BOARDWALK FIRE BEGAN
• The massive blaze was sparked by old wiring compromised by saltwater and sand during Superstorm Sandy, authorities say.
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• 6. ACAPULCO VACATIONS TAKE HARROWING TURN
• Tens of thousands of tourists are stranded in the Mexican resort city by floodwaters.
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• 7. WHO'S GIVING GUN OWNERS THE BRUSH-OFF
• Starbucks says firearms are no longer welcome in its cafes, though it's stopping short of an outright ban.
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• 8. FROM INTERNET SENSATION TO MURDER SUSPECT
• A young woman who became famous for online videos of her uncontrollable hiccups goes on trial in a Florida murder case.
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• 9. IPHONE'S SENSOR A SELLING POINT
• The AP's Anick Jesdanun says the fingerprint sensor that unlocks the new iPhone 5S makes the phone worth the extra $100 cost all by itself.
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• 10. 'MAD MEN' WON'T END NEXT YEAR AFTER ALL
• AMC says the show's final season will be split into two parts -- seven episodes will air next spring and another seven in 2015.

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