State

• Blago former fundraiser gets 3 years in prison

• Jury in Ill. awards $21M for wrongful conviction

National

• Indiana man sought in wife's killing arrested

• Quake jolts Anchorage, Alaska, but damage minimal

• NTSB: Train in group recommended for phaseout

• SC governor takes a hike, leaves leaders in dark

• Indicted billionaire headed to Texas

• 60,000 inmates sexually abused every year

• Mich. man 'stunned' he's not snatched tot from NY

• Which way to Bay? Baby sea lion rescued on freeway

International

• Iran's top electoral body rules out vote annulment

• Official: No black box signals from Flight 447

• N. Korea ship, maybe with weapons, passes Shanghai

• Andres nears hurricane strength, to brush Mexico

• Taliban commander shot dead in northwest Pakistan

• Israel releases Palestinian parliament speaker

• US, Kyrgyzstan reach deal on using air base

Politics & Government

• Obama, citing his smoking woes, signs tobacco law

• Obama announces agreement with drug companies

• House Democrats to open hearings on health bill

• Judge orders Guantanamo detainee freed

• DHS to kill domestic satellite spying

ODD & Extraordinary

• William & Mary mascot ideas include an asparagus

• Teen: Woman tried to pry off fake nails in dispute

• Georgia man wins big lottery prizes twice in week

• Woman calls 911, then allegedly keys police car

• Cat dropped in mailbox adopted -- by postal worker

• Hogs wild: Loose pigs shut down Ark. interstate

• Truck carrying 40K pounds of beer overturns in Vt.

• Oahu firefighters cause blaze at own fire station

• Teen friends playing 'car tag' arrested in Arizona

• Text inadvertently sent to NJ cop leads to arrests

• NY restaurant uses Italian grandmas as chefs

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Chris Brown pleads guilty to felony assault

• TV show helps Utah boy survive night solo in woods

• Keillor celebrates 'Prairie Home' 35th anniversary

• Ryan O'Neal says he plans to marry Farrah Fawcett

• TV's Jon and Kate Gosselin say they're divorcing

• Zhang Yimou starts shooting Coen brothers remake

• Books by Martin Luther King Jr. to be republished

Science, Technology & Environment

• Work begins on world's deepest underground lab

• Indonesian elephant fossil opens window to past

• Ancient primate sniffed out dinner in the trees

• Intact ancient tomb uncovered in Bethlehem

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