State / Region

• Illinois paperboy helps save elderly customer who fell

• Baby satisfactory after being found in yard waste bin

National

• EPA might not act to limit rocket fuel in drinking water

• Housing rescue package set for House vote

• Fed auctions $75 billion to banks to ease credit stresses

• TV video shows Philly officers kicking, hitting 3 suspects

• 6 fraternities suspended in drug probe at San Diego State U.

• Ga. man executed, ending 7-month moratorium

International

• UN officials: Myanmar cyclone a 'major, major disaster'

• Medvedev takes Russian presidency from his mentor Putin

• China warns Dalai Lama not to obstruct Beijing Games

• Historians seek public report on WW II forgeries

Election

• Obama inching closer to Democratic presidential nomination

ODD & Extraordinary

• Ill. man seeks to reclaim continuous exercise record

• Gas price protest singer arrested at Ind. convenience store

• Police chief who shot himself was careless

• Officials investigate severed bear paws found in Calif.

• In Cuba it's close, but no giant cigar

• Cops trap man in lie when he identifies himself as felon

• City wants to split Florida into 2 states

• Chocolate breath helps officer nab shoplifter

The Arts & Entertainment

• Scarlett Johansson, newly engaged, flashes ring in New York

• Yet another 'American Idol' hopeful flubs lyrics

• 'Dancing With the Stars' eliminates another celebrity

• Police to play final show in New York

• Hollywood producers suspend talks with Screen Actors Guild

• Monet painting sold for $41 million at auction

Nature and Science

• Survey shows US honey bee deaths increasing

• System uses sound to find whales, avoid ship strikes

• Chile volcano blasts ash 20 miles high, forcing evacuations

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