National

• Manhunt begins for suspect in border agent's death

• Brooklyn man accused of buying, selling kidneys

• Man arrested in Seattle woman's fatal stabbing

• Wis. father on trial in girl's faith-healing death

• Woman accused in cancer scam found dead

• Report: Bush mulled sending troops into Buffalo

International

• Report: North Korea willing to hold talks with US

  • Report: NKorea opens 1st fast-food restaurant

• Heavy firing erupts in southeastern Afghan city

• Protesters call for end to Iranian rights abuses

• Zelaya briefly steps into Honduras - now what?

• Harry Patch, last British WWI veteran, dies at 111

Politics & Government

• Obama hawks health care overhaul, citing study

• Obama moves to dampen uproar over comment on race

• House Dems clear 1 health obstacle, others loom

• Dodd may snub lobbyists, but not their cash

• Clinton's 'defense umbrella' has murky history

• Geithner, Bernanke at odds on consumer protection

• Special sessions on budgets costing states big

ODD & Extraordinary

• Fledgling fowl takes flight from Philadelphia Zoo

• Hearing-impaired girl learns peace from a dolphin

• Avocado tree finally bears fruit after 19 years

• Suspected Wyo. car thief found sleeping in the car

• Sculpture at Fla. shopping plaza turns heads

• Michigan brothers raise pair of behemoth bovines

• Fla. cops catch man running with cash register

• NJ cops use pepper spray on aggressive groundhog

• Clerk gives robber a knuckle sandwich and a zap

• Minn. couple's wedding aisle groove a YouTube hit

• Army colonel tries old pound cake

• Men use old trick to steal $120K worth of jewelry

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• 'Dancing' duo prepare to turn up the heat on B'way

• Robert Downey Jr. shows off `Sherlock Holmes'

• Sheriff probing Jackson coroner's employees

• Court docs: Octomom inks showbiz deal for tots

Science, Technology & Environment

• Huge telescope opens in Spain's Canary Islands

• 5 ancient Roman shipwrecks found off Italy coast

• Gulf's 'dead zone' much smaller than predicted

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