State

• Gravedigger helped unearth Ill. cemetery scandal

• Democratic Ill. state treasurer to run for Senate

National

• Minn. man killed by deputy after day of swimming

• Analysis: Gates arrest a signpost on racial road

• FBI: 'Limping bandit' is suspect in 23 bank heists

• Heated words traded at rally over dragging death

• Defense may rest in evangelist's sex-crimes trial

• Deep sea explorers object to judge's recommendation

• For more people, scales tip toward buying a home

• Donation slump could hinder disaster assistance

• Small town grapples with $5M bill to fix dam

International

• New ambush near world's largest gold mine; 2 dead

• Brawl breaks out in South Korean parliament

• Ahmadinejad's vice president choice rejected

• Mumbai gunman says he's ready for gallows

• Chinese worker commits suicide over missing iPhone

• Pace of reconciliation tops Obama-al-Maliki talks

• AP sources: US debating payoffs to poppy growers

• Pakistani court summons Musharraf over 2007 chaos

• Biden heads to Georgia, US flashpoint with Russia

Politics & Government

• White House goes a little bit country

• Obama may have to wait for health care passage

• Health bill a boon to doctors

• Senate sides with Obama, removes F-22 money

• Senate to vote on concealed weapons measure

• Clinton pushes for NKorea denuclearization

• Federal reserve chief heads back to Capitol Hill

• Report: NY, NJ immigration raids violated rights

• Report: Shortage of cyber experts may hinder gov't

• Calif. budget plan includes new offshore oil

ODD & Extraordinary

• Dead shark left in Miami street after failed sale

• Barneys NY removes killer window display

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• 'Billy Elliot' begins its tour in Chicago in March

• Kiefer Sutherland gets NYC assault charge dropped

• Actor Stephen Baldwin files for bankruptcy

• Min resigns after 6 years as Us Weekly editor

• LA County leaders vote in support of Wagner opera

Science, Technology & Environment

• New NASA boss: Astronauts on Mars in his lifetime

• Aussie stargazer spots scar from Jupiter collision

• Solar eclipse shrouds Asia in daytime darkness

• World's largest telescope to be built in Hawaii

• Even in space, batteries need to be replaced

• Predators battle bugs, become pests themselves

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