State

• Stalled Chicago subway train; 100 evacuated

• Police shoot cougar in Chicago

National

• Va. Tech day of mourning 1 year after shooting

• White House crowd to greet pope on birthday

• 3 die in Colorado wildfires; storm could aid firefighters

• Comcast 'bill of rights' for file-sharers and ISPs

• House defeats bill funding paper ballots

• Kentucky latest state to prohibit alcohol vaporizers

• History, humor in Alaska names from Eek to Sagavanirktok

International

• Airstrike kills 4 in Basra; 2 die in Sadr City

• Afghan opposition group talking to Taliban

• Olympic torch in Pakistan amid tight security

• Congo plane crashes at end of runway with about 80 aboard

Election

• Clinton sketches first 100 days; Obama vows to help workers

• Today on the presidential campaign trail

ODD & Extraordinary

• Ferris wheel listed on eBay

• Handcuffed suspect escapes custody by stealing police car

• Tow truck takes car with sleeping 7-year-old

• Side order of marijuana in man's fried chicken

• Oregon man thinks black Labrador is impostor

• Programmer pops the question on video game

• Angry wife tries divorce-by-YouTube tactic

Entertainment

• 'Dancing With the Stars' makes another cut

• Prosecutors: Snipes should serve maximum for tax crime

• 'Harry Potter' fan testifies in trial and weeps

Science

• Group finds 6 million pounds of trash on world's beaches

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