State

• Blagojevich aide pleads guilty in corruption case

• Aide: Ill. atty gen. won't run for gov., Senate

• Ill. sheriff: Graves dug up to resell plots

• Dogfighting raids conducted in 3 states

National

• Homeless numbers include more families

• Family, friends focus on McNair's life, not end

• Calif. drug dealer guilty of murdering 15-year-old

• Ex-mistress's husband says Ensign paid severance

• Getty Center, college evacuates due to LA fire

International

• Tehran governor: New protests will be smashed

• Bombings in Mosul, Baghdad kill at least 41

• Massive bomb blast in central Afghanistan kills 25

• Communist leaders vow stability after China riots

• 2 million Pakistani refugees to return home soon

• Kim Jong Il appearance spurs fresh health concerns

• Official: 7 SKorean Web sites under renewed attack

• H2-WHOA! Australian town bans bottled water sales

Politics & Government

• Swine flu summit: Gov't checks on state readiness

• Obama broadens push for climate change pact

• House Dems look at taxing the rich for health care

• House intel chair: CIA has misled us for years

• Mass. files lawsuit against federal marriage law

• Analysis: Sotomayor record thin on executive power

ODD & Extraordinary

• Man dies after falling into vat of chocolate in NJ

• Cops: Nude man shows up at dental office days late

• Iowa State Fair rethinks Jackson butter sculpture

• Thorny thief snips 100 rose blooms from Maine park

• Drunken man shocks Spain with his generosity

• Ohio woman, 75, accused of beating fawn to death

• Woman robbed, bitten in arm by robber in Texas

• Turtles crawl on runway, delay flights at JFK

• Ga. jail inmates burned by own smoking habit

• It's not slang! Nev. court permits 'HOE' license

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Nielsen: 31.1 million watched Jackson memorial

  • Michael Jackson memorial cost LA $1.4 million

  • Michael Jackson's final resting place a mystery

• Universal teams with TuneCore to discover talent

• Frenemy, locavore among new words in Webster's

Science, Technology & Environment

• Scientists hope tiny insect can help save soybeans

• Organ transplant drug extends life of older mice

• Environmentalists unfurl banner on Mount Rushmore

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