State

• Bloomingdale Wal-Mart worker sets himself on fire outside store

• Chicago woman hurt in derailment awarded $29.5M

• After turmoil, new Ill. gov. stresses diplomacy

National

• Vegas jurors view graphic tape in toddler sex case

• Video shows King Co. deputy kicking teen girl

• Assisted suicide ring members prep for court fight

• Guard to pull out of New Orleans after 3 1/2 years

• Court: Va. man owns 1776 copy of Declaration

• New stamps set for rate increase in May

International

• Emergency plane landing in Romania; all 51 safe

• Investigators looking at turbulence in Dutch crash

• 10 more bodies found at Bangladesh mutiny site

• Pakistan general says Taliban 'lost' border region

• Focus in Hariri assassination shifts to courtroom

• Chinese e-cigs gain ground amid safety concerns

Politics & Government

• Obama challenges lobbyists to legislative duel

• Typical family would get tax cut in Obama budget

• Congress finds consensus on Iraq plan

• Clinton to visit Mideast, reconnect with Europeans

ODD & Extraordinary

• Dog, missing 9 years, returned to family in Ky.

• Emeril replaces pan woman used to fend off attack

• Alarm company: Um, sir? Your house is on fire

• Illinois mystery: Placentas found in sewage system

• Vegas casino sells 2-foot, 6-pound burrito at cafe

• Police say drunk woman picked up kids from school

• Police: Man uses fake money to buy fake drugs

• Fla. men charged with throwing beer can at police

• Missouri farmer's male calf born with two heads

• Man accused of putting camera in women's bathroom

• Man allegedly steals ambulance that came to crash

Science, Technology & Environment

• Giant seabird's fossilized skull found in Peru

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• 'Idol' finalists not fazed by lack of screen time

• Jennifer Hudson: Performing is 'like therapy'

• 'New Deal' exhibit opens at American Art museum

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