National

• Md. helicopter crash kills 3 flight school workers

• 4 boys in Ariz. accused of raping 8-year-old girl

• Officials lambast NJ corruption after 44 arrested

• Parents' role in Alamo case is a tricky question

• Calif. man pulls girl from burning SUV on freeway

• Ore. faith-healing pair acquitted of manslaughter

• Teen's killing stumps Texas sheriff 40 years later

International

• AP sources: Bin Laden son may have been killed

• Bomb kills 2 US service members in Afghanistan

• Activists claim Christian executed in NKorea

• Police: 3rd bomb in Jakarta attack malfunctioned

• Ousted Honduran leader sets up Nicaragua base

• Iraqi premier leaves door open to longer US stay

Politics & Government

• Obama calls arrest of Harvard scholar unnecessary

• Schools to compete for $5B from stimulus law

• Deadline broken, talks continue for health bill

  • From Mass.: Health care reform 'dos and don'ts'

• Treasury, Fed dispute on display in Congress

ODD & Extraordinary

• Toupee wearer 1, South Carolina roller coaster 0

• NC sheriff's deputy uses Corvette to stop speeders

• Principal fired for jumping on students in cafe

• Group claims the Wienermobile broke law in Hawaii

• Shelter mistakenly euthanizes Fla. woman's cat

• Drunken driver parks on Mich. police post's lawn

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Manslaughter investigation targets Jackson doctor

• 'Star Wars in Concert' tour launching

• 'Twilight' dominates Comic Con, drawing thousands

• James Cameron wows Comic Con with 3-D 'Avatar'

• Cronkite eulogized as newsman, friend, father

Science, Technology & Environment

• Japanese professor creates baseball-playing robots

• China announces first panda from frozen sperm

• Gov't considers 7 states for mercury site

• Ancient mammal tracks found at national monument

• Who can cool his body fast? Toucan

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