State

• Prosecutors: Wiretaps show mobster still dangerous

• Ill. graveyard scandal brings back mother's grief

• CAPITAL CULTURE: Chicago turns 'Milan of Midwest'

National

• 7 NC men charged with plotting 'violent jihad'

• Texas investigators stunned by child dismemberment

• Suspect in Kan. abortion provider killing in court

• Michael Vick reinstated by NFL

• 1 million more Americans volunteered in 2008

International

• Boat with Haitians capsizes; 113 saved, 85 missing

• Gunmen kill 8 in Baghdad bank robbery, police say

• Officials: Suicide attack kills 2 in Pakistan

• UN: Thousands of Somalis are fleeing to Yemen

• Iran supreme leader closes prison over abuses

• Poll: UK public sees the Afghan war as unwinnable

• Netanyahu, US envoy try to resolve settlement spat

Politics & Government

• Hawaii again declares Obama birth certificate real

• AP sources: Senators near bipartisan health deal

• Panel to vote on Sotomayor; confirmation likely

• Frank wants tougher rules for Wall Street pay

• Defense Secretary Gates arrives in Iraq

• Schwarzenegger likely to veto social programs

• NTSB meets on Okla. plane brought down by pelican

• US, China have pointed questions in private

ODD & Extraordinary

• Alcohol-fueled brawl clouds Maine cod fish races

• Maine EMT struck by monster truck, saved by mud

• Drunk men allegedly steal water for outdoor slide

• Man sleeping in dumpster gets picked up with trash

• Jousting match turns painful for Vt. mayor

• Va. pastor sentenced for stealing more than $200K

• Man with fetish charged with stealing eyeglasses

• Bear intruder takes 10 rounds before going down

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• AP source: Jackson doc gave him drug before death

• Pete Seeger marks his 90th year on a concert bash

• Jazz composer George Russell dies at 86

Science, Technology & Environment

• Final frontier: Crowd sees spaceship launcher fly

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