State

• Suspect pleads guilty in Ill. girl's 1983 killing

  • Key developments related to girl's 1983 slaying

• Twitter tiff: Moldy 'tweet' ticks off Chicago firm

National

• US terror arrests spur warning to police

• Warning signs missed in baby dismemberment case

• Victims' lawyer: 'Candid' Madoff explained fraud

• Suspect in abortion doc's death pleads not guilty

• Closing arguments set for ex-congressman's trial

• NYC offers free airfare to homeless to leave city

• Prisons ban inmates from having pen pal ads

• Brett Favre says no to a comeback with the Vikings

International

• Car bomb in Spain destroys police barracks

• Hopes dim for missing Haitian shipwreck victims

• Iran's 1st trials of protesters to begin

• US-China talks more about future than the present

• Moldova election seen as choice between East, West

• Ireland to take 2 Guantanamo inmates

Politics & Government

• Obama takes health care pitch to people -- again

• Lawmakers to propose ban on driving while texting

• Gates: Some US troops may be leaving Iraq early

• Post office cited by GAO as a troubled agency

• Schwarzenegger's vetoes prompt Democratic threats

ODD & Extraordinary

• Driver tells Conn. police snakes led to SUV crash

• Phone number for Tutone's 'Jenny' up for auction

• Swedish tourists miss island due to GPS typo

• Panhandler steals man's money, then punches him

• SC woman ticketed for riding stolen horse

• Woman accused of running strip club in basement

• NZ judge rejects drunk driver's swine flu defense

• Dad on trial, accused of bringing girl to robbery

• Holy car! Utah boy goes for spin to avoid church

• Detroit man says stress led him to rob banks

• Police: Woman tried to free pit bull from shelter

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Jackson chef recalls doctor's role, final days

  • AP source: Jackson doc said he'd administered drug

• Obama appears on comedian George Lopez's talk show

• Julia Child's legacy, beyond tools and techniques

• David Alan Grier joins cast of Broadway's 'Race'

Science, Technology & Environment

• Astronauts inspect space shuttle ahead of landing

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