State

• Illinois panel: University trustees should resign

  • Key dates in the U. of Ill. admissions scandal

  • University of Illinois trustees' bios

• Sculpture marks race riots in Lincoln's hometown

National

• Expert: Pa. shooter wanted acts to be understood

• Husband denies alcoholism in NY wrong-way crash

  • Experts: Women are drinking more, DUIs are up

• Ling's sister: Reporter touched North Korean soil

• No longer accused, man ready to mourn slain twin

• Recession driving summer push to feed needy kids

International

• Aide says Pakistani Taliban leader Mehsud is dead

• Police: 20 killed in bombing in northern Iraq

• 3 British troops killed in southern Afghanistan

• AP NewsBreak: US looks to Vietnam for Afghan tips

• Warnings issued about alleged Bangkok airport scam

Politics & Government

• In Virginia, Obama says US needs pragmatic leaders

• Sotomayor's swearing in to court set for Saturday

• 'Cash-for-clunkers' program gets $2B refill

  • No clunker rebates for rich? Or poor? Oops

• THE INFLUENCE GAME: Insurers fighting back quietly

• Clinton wants SAfrica to press Zimbabwe reform

• FTC braced to fight oil price manipulation

• Post office might look for new revenue

ODD & Extraordinary

• Alaska mom sentenced for letting son, 7, drive

• Woman, 86, faces shoplifting charge in 61st arrest

• Woman cleaning out her garage finds live pipe bomb

• NM thieves steal coins, new TV... and man's ashes

• Burger King: No shoes rule taken too far with baby

• 'Nurse of the Year' charged with not being a nurse

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• It's no joke: Recession turns folks into comedians

• Jay-Z, Rihanna, West to kick off Leno's new show

• The latest craze: Free e-books offerings

• Hackers attack Twitter, Facebook also slows down

  • How a denial-of-service attack works

• 'Champions' to unleash virtual heroes and foes

• Actors remember filmmaker Hughes as influential

Science, Technology & Environment

• Bird experiment shows Aesop's fable may be true

• Swiss now pray that glacier will stop shrinking

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