State

• Blagojevich: I'm the victim of plot to raise taxes

• Ill. gov.'s attorney to resign from criminal case

National

• Town giving a hero's welcome to Hudson River pilot

  • Crews hoist plane's engine from Hudson River

• 2 dead, 7 injured in northwest Miami shooting

• Md. teen who killed family gets 4 life sentences

• Air Force searching for Air Force One replacement

International

• Gaza children back to school amid cease-fire

• US, Afghan villagers differ over 15 killed in raid

• Mayor: suicide bomb kills 14 in Somali capital

• Somali pirates free a chemical tanker

• Barcelona sports center collapse kills at least 3

• Iraq asks Iran opposition group to move voluntary

• Pope lifts excommunications of 4 bishops

• China dismisses US remark on currency manipulation

Politics

• Obama pitches his plan to reverse economic slide

  • House GOP sees stimulus in tax cuts, not spending

• Pro-gun US Senate pick makes some NY pols unhappy

• Governors seek concessions from public workers

• Top chefs push Obama to improve food policy

ODD & Extraordinary

• Unreturned library book leads to woman's arrest

• Soccer club mistakenly mourns 'death' of ex-player

• Armored truck driver allegedly tapes cash to legs

• Pair seeking leniency allegedly drunk before judge

• Diamond ring lost in shoe, reunited with owner

• Newspaper claims car thief transformed into a goat

• Wal-Mart worker accused of rolling back prices

• Neb. woman claims she found needle in pork roast

• Time bandits: Pair filches Rolex watches

• Man charged with driving with worker on car hood

• Pink locks get Michigan girl locked out of school

Science, Technology & Environment

• Cleanup continues despite transition at Hanford

• Study: Western forests dying at increasing rate

• Scientists solve 'The Italian Job' cliffhanger

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Bahamas probes alleged plot to extort Travolta

• Publicist: Patrick Swayze to write book with wife

• Hero pilot giving first interview to Katie Couric

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