State

• Chicago considering boarding schools for homeless

National

• More tornadoes strike Kansas, Oklahoma

• EPA tests plans to protect water from terrorists

• A quick Senate session blocks Bush appointees

• Sailor suffers minor burns in US carrier fire

• Hospitals gain reprieve in Medicaid lawsuit

• Top Army general praises new cannon in Minnesota

• Unmarked chopper patrols NY city from high above

International

• China rescuers rush to reach trapped coal miners

  • Earthquake mutes protests of Beijing Olympics

• Mexican homicides jump 47 pct.; 1,378 die in '08

• Shark kills surfer in southern Mexico

Election

• Clinton regrets RFK assassination remark

• Obama gains delegates, moves closer to nomination

• Bush begins raising money for McCain

ODD & Extraordinary

• Park for just a penny in Sycamore, Ill.

• Man stealing pipes from Pa. fast-food bathrooms

• Locksmith cracks Ore. safe that baffled MIT expert

• Ky. 'Duct tape bandit' sentenced to 10 years

• Minor leaguer traded for 10 baseball bats in Texas

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Science

• Univ. of Arizona team to call shots for Mars robot

• Southern Utah tortoise continues decline

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