State

• Woman dies after being pinned by husband's body

• Chicago overturns ban on foie gras in restaurants

National

• Congress pushes pay raise for troops

• Firefighters get upper hand on Florida wildfire

• HIV-positive man sentenced 35 years for spitting at officer

• NJ woman vanishes after fall from cruise ship

• Court hears man's claim to cut of Hughes' estate

International

• State TV: China quake death toll could hit 50,000

• Bush denounces extremists in the Middle East

• Iraqi forces on al-Qaida hunt in Mosul

Election

• Obama welcomes Edwards' endorsement

• McCain envisions how first term will go

• Clinton to press ahead, regrets racial tension

ODD & Extraordinary

• Woman accused of faking cancer to avoid work

• Police thwart scheme to steal light poles

• Forgotten tot left behind at Vancouver airport

• Mich. city spends $5.21 to mail 51-cent tax bill

• Michigan Girl Scout sells 17,328 boxes of cookies

• Giant beetles seized at Pennsylvania post office

• NYC cabbie is fined $1,000 for foul-mouthed tirade

• A personality test for your cat

The Arts & Entertainment

• 'American Idol' gets down to its final 2 contestants

• Heston's Ten Commandments to be auctioned

• Jackson's 'Thriller' among cultural treasures

  • Works added to National Recording Registry

• Jack Black spills the beans: Jolie expecting twins

• Dennis Quaid testifies of peril to newborn twins

• Sean Penn: an unorthodox president of Cannes jury

• Postage stamp puts Sinatra back in the spotlight

• That was the week that was

Nature & Science

• Polar bear gets new protection

• Swiss man soars above Alps with jet-powered wing

• Scientists are building database of bite marks

• 9-year-old girl's twin is found inside her stomach

• Galaxy's youngest known supernova is 140 years old

Today

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