State

• Officials investigate 2nd Chicago-area cemetery

• No-nonsense Blagojevich judge is actor, novelist

National

• NY police probe for causes of wrong-way crashes

• 16 shot in Baltimore, including 12 at cookout

• Cambridge police: Race not mentioned in 911 call

• Report: DA wants jail time for Burress

• Sex abuse testimony ends Alamo's long crime career

• New direction in terror fight may stem from case

• US on verge of closing anthrax probe after 8 years

• Recall information

International

• Indian court finds 3 guilty in 2003 Mumbai bombing

• NKorea says it is open to new dialogue on nukes

• Taiwan, China leaders exchange 1st direct messages

• Israeli official: No option off table on Iran

• Karzai: Afghans want rules for troops changed

• Russian patriarch calls for unity with Ukraine

• Freeport staff implicated in Indonesian shootings

• Pakistan probes hard-line cleric's Taliban ties

• France's Sarkozy leaves hospital after heart check

• Philippine president vows not to seek fresh term

Politics & Government

• Sarah Palin steps down as Alaska governor

• Dems alone can't deliver Obama health care win

• US, China facing economic, diplomatic flash points

• Clinton says she has no interest in White House

ODD & Extraordinary

• AWOL zoo bird recaptured in Philadelphia park

• Old Ohio church becomes gym with religious themes

• Man credits sweater for Hemingway contest win

• Ohio man routinely mistaken for famous astronaut

• Bikini-clad woman accused of carjacking in Miss.

• Mass. gov's puppy nips woman at town hall meeting

• Police: Fake officer tries to stop real officer

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• 'G-Force' topples 'Harry Potter' at box office

• Fans get 1st peek at 'Iron Man 2' at Comic-Con

• Ex-'Idol' contestant struck, killed by car in NJ

• Shakespeare's Globe to tour United States

Science, Technology & Environment

• Astronauts go out on 5th and final spacewalk

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