State

• Ill. sheriff makes name with Craigslist, cemetery

• Kirk to run for Obama's old Ill. Senate seat

National

• Friend: Slain woman, accused husband had split up

• Minneapolis struggles with rise of Somali gangs

• Rail operator's actions questioned in Calif. crash

• Soldier's Idaho town kept mum on Taliban capture

• Federal dogfight sentence ending for Michael Vick

• Recall information

International

• Iran supreme leader warns opposition to back down

• US, SKorea seeking new way of disarming NKorea

• NATO: British fighter jet crashes at Afghan base

• Zelaya prepares return to Honduras as talks stall

• Lone surviving Mumbai attacks gunman admits guilt

• Clinton touts prospects for better ties with India

• Chinese villagers flee county in radiation scare

Politics & Government

• Official: 5 plans revamp health care, none final

• White House putting off release of budget update

• Clinton 'satisfied' with role in foreign affairs

• Analysis: Sotomayor would be beholden to no one

• Final details left for discussion in Calif. budget

• Miss. shows Katrina recovery at govs' convention

ODD & Extraordinary

• 150-pound Minn. cupcake sets Guinness record

• Lawsuit: Dentist dropped tools down man's throat

• Young Pa. lemonade sellers have brush with law

• NY baseball team celebrates expectant moms at game

• NY man finds valuable Mexican artifacts in barrel

• Circus tortoise found after escape from Wis. show

• La. menagerie keeper adds 'roo pouch to outfits

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• 'Potter' conjures up $159.7 million in 5 days

• Report: Abdul's return to 'American Idol' doubtful

• Chances of OJ winning release? Depends who you ask

• Carla Bruni, others perform at NYC Mandela concert

• 'Angela's Ashes' author McCourt dies in NYC at 78

• Cronkite remembered as 'honorable' and 'an icon'

Science, Technology & Environment

• Interior to halt uranium mining at Grand Canyon

• Spacewalk No. 2 scheduled for moon anniversary

  • Apollo 11 astronauts look beyond moon, toward Mars

• Scientists zoom in on carbon dioxide in NYC

• HOT ISSUE: Should we deliberately move species?

• South Korea deploys cloned drug-sniffing dogs

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