AP Top Stories for Thursday, Oct. 25

AP Top Stories: Here's the latest news for Thursday, Oct. 25: Feds join arson investigation in California wildfires; Four people shot during middle school football game; Airbus A380 makes maiden commercial flight; Red Sox take 1-0 lead in World Series.

4 Hurt in Football Game Shooting

4 Hurt in Football Game Shooting: Saginaw, MI police are trying to figure out what prompted a gunman to open fire near a middle school football game. 2 adults and 2 students were injured in the incident. Authorities say they're talking to a person of interest.

Dairy Queen Teen Employee Fights Off Robber

Dairy Queen Teen Employee Fights Off Robber: A 17-year-old supervisor counting money in the back office of a Dairy Queen fights off a gun-toting robber. The teen suffered minor cuts and bruises, but is doing fine. No arrests have been made.

Website Offers Fake Doctor Notes

Website Offers Fake Doctor Notes: Feeling like playing hooky, but nervous about getting caught? The Excused Absence Network has got your back. For about $25, students and employees can buy excuse notes that appear to come from doctors or hospitals.

US fires - saving the bacon

US fires - saving the bacon: The fast-moving flames are chasing horses and other unorthodox family pets out of their barns, corrals, cages, and pens. In an emergency, dogs, cats, birds, hamsters and the like can be crated or caged and driven away with the rest of the family.

Maiden Flight for World's Largest Jetliner

Maiden Flight for World's Largest Jetliner: The 37-year reign of the Boeing 747 as the world's largest jetliner has ended with the departure of a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380. Built in Europe, the Airbus A380 is as tall as a seven-story building.

China starts Long March to the moon

China starts Long March to the moon: Beijing's space plans have faced increasing international scrutiny. Fears of a potential space arms race with the United States and other powers have mounted since China blew up one of its own weather satellites using a ground-based missile in January.

'Bioshock' Wins BAFTA Gaming Award

'Bioshock' Wins BAFTA Gaming Award: 'Bioshock' for the Xbox 360 was awarded the 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Award for Best Game of the Year.

Robert Goulet Sedated While Awaiting Transplant

Robert Goulet Sedated While Awaiting Transplant: The wife of Robert Goulet says the singer and actor is heavily sedated and breathing through a respirator in a Los Angeles hospital.

Mariah Carey Launches Perfume Line

Mariah Carey Launches Perfume Line: Mariah Carey launches perfume line at Macy's Herald Square in New York. It's called 'M', and it comes in a purple bottle with her signature butterfly icon on top.

Rollerderby makes a comeback

Rollerderby makes a comeback: This revival is a far cry from the theatrical entertainment spectacles of the 1970s, women's roller derby is reappearing as a grass-roots contact sport with a strong feminist edge.

Macintosh Releases Leopard OS

Macintosh Releases Leopard OS: Personal Technology columnist Walt Mossberg says the new operating system keeps Apple ahead of Microsoft, but it's not revolutionary, with only a handful of core novelties.

Philippine town cashes in on coffins

Philippine town cashes in on coffins: A small town in the Philippines is thriving from a coffin making business. Santo Tomas, 50 km (30 miles) north of Manila, is fast becoming the coffin-making capital of the country. With about 200 small workshops scattered around the town, they can churn out tens of thousands of caskets each month.

Speed dating on a fast train

Speed dating on a fast train: It's all aboard the single express for lonely hearts from Nuremberg in southern Germany. Rail operator Deutsche Bahn is now helping singles to find that special someone, as they look for romance on the railway. The singles are divided into the two groups, the under and the over thirties, and have a series of "speed dates" with the other participants, all while travelling from Nuremberg to Munich on an intercity train.