State

• 15 Hit by SUV at Chicago-Area Auction

• Class Action Planned in Ill. School Suit

National

• Storms Swamp Midwest on Their Way East

• War Protesters Halt Traffic, Recall Dead

• Warning on High-Tech Visa Applications

• Salmonella Outbreak May Be Tied to Water

• Navy Specialists Lead IED Fight

• Owner Among Dead in Junkyard Shooting

• New Evidence Points to Manson Victims

International

• Bin Laden Slams EU Over Prophet Cartoons

• China Says Tibet Protests Have Spread

• Hamas: Blast That Killed 2 Was Accident

Election

• Group Wants Clinton Phone Logs Released

• McCain Meets British Prime Minister

• Obama: Trust Me to End the War

• Democratic Registration Brisk in Pennsylvania

• Clinton Calls on Obama to Back Primaries

• Hagel: U.S. May Need New Political Party

• Play of the Day: Obama and Hoops

ODD & Extraordinary

• Boyfriend Charged in Kansas Toilet Case

• Man Gets 30 Days' Jail for Taco Theft

• 79-Year-Old Woman Earns GED

• Japan Appoints Cartoon Ambassador

• Texas Man Gets 60 Years for 10th DWI

Entertainment

• 'American Idol' Axes Another Contestant

• That Was the Week That Was

Science

• It Pays to Play Nice, Harvard Study Says

• Rare Explosion Jolts Hawaii Volcano

• Astronauts Gear Up for 4th Spacewalk

• Old Photos Document Early Spring in East

• Methane Detected on Distant Planet

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