State

• Ill. officials face choice on response to scandal

National

• Obama: Schools with infections may need to close

• Bus crash in California kills 5 French tourists

• Deputy US marshal guilty of leaking secrets to mob

• Officials blame mineral overdose in horse deaths

• 50 million retirees to get $250 checks in May

• Teen hiker lost for 3 nights in N.H. is found safe

• Now 95, Big Brother treasures late-life friendship

• Empty seats make Yankees cut some premium prices

International

• Dozens killed as Pakistan troops battle Taliban

  • Taliban threatens spike in violence

• N. Korea threatens nuclear, missile tests

• Muslims are cool to pope's Holy Land pilgrimage

• Trip of a lifetime brings swine flu to New Zealand

Politics & Government

• President Obama to spend 100th day in spotlight

• Obama, Biden, welcome Specter to Democratic Party

  • Pa.'s Specter: Cancer and political survivor

• House, Senate on track to pass budget plan

• White House will probe presidential plane PR stunt

• Voting rights case at high court Wednesday

• To close Gitmo, Holder to make appeal to Europe

ODD & Extraordinary

• Man arrested for allegedly firing at water tower

• Man accused of leading long chase in garbage truck

• Police arrest woman with barrel of bear candies

• Deputy quits after wife, mom-in-law take squad car

• Men try to steal pickup truck that doesn't run

• Police again find 'chicken skimmings' on streets

• Woman allegedly bites boyfriend's lip in fight

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Another celebrity leaves 'Dancing' country

• Abdul compares Adam Lambert to Michael Phelps

• Jackie Chan announces 100th movie

• Spokesman: Farrah Fawcett's condition unchanged

Science, Technology & Environment

• Report: Most Americans in areas with unhealthy air

• Astronomers see oldest object in universe yet

• Dino-mite: Utah quarry gets explosive treatment

• S. Korean experts claim to have cloned glowing dogs

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