National

• Feds: Madoff financial exec to plead guilty in NY

• Wis. dealer sold gun extras to health club shooter

• Ark. mom allegedly drank before sons drowned

• Eunice Kennedy Shriver critical at Mass. hospital

• Free Manson 'family' members haunted by horror

International

• Iraq asks Iran about 3 detained Americans

• Iran resumes mass trial of activists, protesters

• German ship freed by pirates arrives in Kenya

• Lethal drone strike may bolster U.S.-Pakistan ties

  • Militants say Pakistan's Mehsud alive; deny report

• Chavez: Venezuela to return ambassador to Colombia

Politics & Government

• Obama uses jobs report to press health care reform

  • Demonstrators disrupt health care forums

• Chamber at odds with Obama

• Fla. senator to resign, clear path for Crist

• Senate confirms new NIH director

• Sotomayor to be sworn in as justice Saturday

ODD & Extraordinary

• 'Foot' in NY recycling plant was really bear paw

• Shotgun drawn after brothers argue about sandwich

• Luxury resort offers $19 room - minus bed

• Fla. man blames cat paws for child porn downloads

• Tenn. inmate sues, saying jail lost his leg

• Drunk police intern arrested for impersonating cop

• Scientist: 'Finger' was neither human nor animal

• Obese Texas inmate hides gun in his flabs of fat

• Mouse builds nest egg in ATM with $20 bills

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Aerosmith guitarist: Tyler broke shoulder in fall

• Beckham on hand as 'Idol' resumes post-Paula

• AP source: Jackson doc gave sedatives before death

  • Jackson show insurance excluded 'illicit' drug use

• Billy Mays' family: Never saw signs of cocaine use

• Ben Stein loses NY Times column over endorsement

Science, Technology & Environment

• Particle collider: Black hole or crucial machine?

• Birthplace of Roman emperor found in Italy

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