State

• Tylenol victims' families wait for break, again

• Illinois special Senate election idea hits trouble

National

• New report may show home sales on the rise

• 7 wounded by gunfire on Mardi Gras parade route

• Cops hit wall in hunt for L.A. serial killer

• No more free lunch: Schools get tough on deadbeats

• Sheriff who probed Phelps ready for 'pot shots'

International

• 9 dead in Turkish plane crash in Amsterdam

• Rockets, airstrikes in absence of firm Gaza truce

• Iran tests its 1st nuclear power plant

• Saint Laurent auction nets euro300 million -- so far

Politics

• Obama tells nation: 'We are not quitters'

  • The 21st-century fireside chat: Did Obama connect?

• Troops to leave Iraq in 18 months, officials say

• Democrats boosting domestic spending atop stimulus

• Obama security chief nixes talk of 9/11, terrorism

• Byrd warns Obama: Keep 'czars' in check

ODD & Extraordinary

• Woman wins house in raffle after husband laid off

• Police: Man stabs son for wearing hat in church

• Proposal to name an Oregon state berry is squished

• Try at passing old $1,000 bill foils safe-robbers

• Mom, baby OK after suspects crash through ceiling

• City bans board from texting during meetings

• Wisconsin ice fishing contest ends with big switch

• Utah man finds drunk burglary suspect on his floor

• Man, 75, manages to chase down much younger thief

• Unemployed woman nearly loses bag of cash, checks

• Cop makes arrest in bathroom after smelling crack

Science, Technology & Environment

• EPA chief reconsidering ship ballast permit

• Study: Antarctic glaciers slipping swiftly seaward

• NASA rocket failure blow to Earth-watching network

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Nick Mitchell defies 'American Idol' norm

• Schwarzenegger to play himself in Stallone film

• Richter, O'Brien to reunite on 'Tonight Show'

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