State

• New pastor to head Obama's 8,000-member Chicago church

• Alleged accomplices charged in 14-year-old burglar's death

• NIU president: Hall where shootings occurred won't be razed

National

• Dangers remain for Virginians digging through twister debris

• S.C. teen accused in school plot wanted to kill Jesus

• 2 beef processors cited for humane violations

International

• US troop deaths hit 7-month high in Iraq

• Olympic torch arrives in Hong Kong after activists deported

• Concentration camp doctor tops list of 10 most-wanted Nazis

• Press freedom declines worldwide

Election

• McCain seeks tax credit to help buy health insurance

• Play of the Day:
  Obama shoots hoops with Tar Heels

ODD & Extraordinary

• Boy Scout returns wallet win $800 in it

• Cat OK after being stuck in drain pipe for 4 days

• 'Duct Tape Bandit' pleads guilty

• Dog survives 8 days trapped after explosion

• Newspaper carrier finds woman pinned by husband's dead body

• Dozens of grizzlies reside in Anchorage

• Person lived with dead skeleton on couch

• Wisconsin man starts roadkill Web site

• 10-year-old monkey at zoo gets artificial lenses

Entertainment

• Another celebrity is finished on 'Dancing'

• Paula Abdul left 'empty' by song that wasn't

  • Carly Simon: Nobody does it better than Brooke on 'Idol'

• Flash outruns death! 23 years later, runs again

Science

• Scientists seek clues as Reno earthquakes keep shaking

• Giant squid has biggest animal eyes in world

Today

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