State

• Blogger admits tale of ill child was hoax

• Stalled carbon capture coal plant in Ill. gets OK

• Casinos sue Blagojevich over horse track law

• Ex-inmate sues, says was chained to bed in labor

• Man given 40 years in prison for stabbing boss

National

• 2 Mount McKinley climbers fall to their deaths

• Wife fought off Pa. man killed in shootout

• 'Rockefeller' convicted of kidnapping daughter

• DC Holocaust museum reopens after fatal shooting

• Bush celebrates 85th by skydiving over Maine

International

• NKorea says it will 'weaponize' its plutonium

  • UN sanctions on NKorea may be futile

• Iran declares win for Ahmadinejad in disputed vote

• Brazil: 6 more bodies found from jetliner crash

• 41 candidates on ballot for Afghanistan president

  • Analysis: Shielding Afghan civilians will be key

• Taliban claim responsibility for slaying cleric

• American Knox cross-examined in murder trial

Politics & Government

• White House: US may confront ships near NKorea

• Obama wants new cuts in federal health spending

• Obama pledges to quickly sign anti-smoking bill

• GOP slams Democrats' climate bill as an energy tax

• Key health care senators have industry ties

• Tax on health benefits may be delayed until 2013

• Appeals court says no to George W. Bush deposition

ODD & Extraordinary

• Nevada students find naked man tied to a rock

• Pair planning to start honeymoon find car in pool

• Mass. lawyer accused of 'bear-hugging' attorney

• Man allegedly tries to use fake $100 at McDonald's

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Friday marks final signoff for analog TV service

• NH man blames infant son for hit-and-run accident

• Freeman responds to Miss. car wreck lawsuit

• Former Miss Calif.: Gay comment cost me my crown

• 'Slumdog' filmmakers say movie is Indian at heart

• Phish, in first appearance, comes home to Bonnaroo

Science, Technology & Environment

• NASA scrubs Saturday morning space shuttle launch

• The Three Bears? Try 163,000 ... and counting

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