National

• Verdict near for NYPD officers in 50-shot slaying of groom

• Indiana student planned Columbine-like attack

• Polygamous sect mothers separated from children

• Shots reported at 2 schools in Omaha; soccer player injured

International

• Number of Iraqi forces trained is uncertain

• With violence down, Iraqis flock to revitalized Baghdad Zoo

• Protesters 'greet' Olympic torch in Japan

• Chinese government will meet Dalai Lama aide

• UN secretary-general calls food price rise a global crisis

Election

• Some young religious voters focus on social justice

• Obama seeks union's help while Clinton promotes vets issues

• McCain to New Orleans: Never again

ODD & Extraordinary

• Penguin's wetsuit puts him in the swim of things

• Carjacker stops to ask news crew for directions

• Legally blind man teaches alleged intruder a lesson

• Man mowing his lawn discovers 7-10-foot hole

• Md. officials propose rationing inmates' toilet paper

• After losing job, ex-mayor in dognap scandal loses the dog

• S.F. couple charged in plot to terrorize tenants

Entertainment

• Actor Snipes gets 3 years, apologizes for 'costly mistakes'

• Georgia judge teams with Cosby

• Tom Cruise returning to 'Oprah'

Science

• Natural-gas vehicles hot in Utah, where the fuel is cheap

• Scientists study evidence modern birds came from dinosaurs

• Mankind near extinction 70,000 years ago

Today

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