State

• Obama's seat race could cost Senate some diversity

National

• Drive-by shooting at Texas Southern wounds 6

• Fla. hospital defends secretly deporting patient

• Feds: US man gave al-Qaida NYC subway information

• Hundreds attend vigil for captured soldier

• The Ann Arbor News hitting the presses a last time

• National Mall in disrepair after years of neglect

• Taco Bell ad star Gidget the Chihuahua dies at 15

International

• China media say 4 dead, 53 missing in landslide

• Judge accepts Mumbai gunman's confession

• Graying Shanghai encourages couples to have 2 kids

• Georgia asks Biden for weapons; US won't commit

• Iceland formally applies to join European Union

• New service lets Jews tweet a prayer to God

Politics & Government

• Obama turns health care focus to families, voters

• Clinton: NKorea running out of options on nukes

• Calif. lawmakers begin debate on $26B budget deal

  • Schwarzenegger addresses budget cuts with knife

• Has Clinton closed door on running for president?

ODD & Extraordinary

• Man convicted 18 times for driving without license

• Barneys NY removes killer window display

• Pasadena police puzzled by glue attacks at stores

• Police: Fla. woman practiced dentistry in garage

• Cop accused of pulling gun while waiting for food

• Police: Iowa man used stolen cash to pay bond

• Police: Fowl snatched from home in Climax, Mich.

• Foreclosed Ohio homeowner leaves cats, mess

• Man claims he found condom in French onion soup

• Pa. fire chief reunited by chance with lost dog

• Man says he hit left- and right-handed holes-in-one

• Train worker grins must pass muster on smile meter

• Small plane lands, takes off again on Fla. highway

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Walter Cronkite's funeral to honor CBS newsman

• 'Eternal Sunshine' director to do 'Green Hornet'

• German artist portrays Obama in wood carving

• Bayreuth opening under new Wagners

• A view from Comic Con: costumes, comics, crowds

Science, Technology & Environment

• Astronauts cut spacewalk short due to suit trouble

• Multiplying like bunnies? Not this jackrabbit

• Massive New Zealand quake moves country west

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