State

• NJ blogger accused of threatening Chicago judges

• Sears Tower to undergo $350 million green remodel

National

• Off-duty officer shoots 2 in lot after Angels game

• Investigators eye problems with DC track circuit

• Slain football coach was pillar of tiny Iowa town

• Last pole-driven river ferry may close in Virginia

International

• North Korea vows to enlarge its atomic arsenal

• Iran reform leader says pressure to drop challenge

• US general says troops need new view of Afghan war

• Police say bomb kills 7 in southwest Baghdad

• Somali Islamists cut off hands, feet of thieves

• Israel scaling back army presence in West Bank

• Politkovskaya murder acquittal overturned

• TV: Al-Qaida says it killed American in Mauritania

Politics & Government

• Obama not closing door on possible health care tax

• Obama urges release of Cuban political prisoners

• Lawmakers urge Obama to drop transportation plan

• Senate urges Obama to pardon 1st black champ

• Bernanke to face hostile questioning on BofA deal

• Election panel weighs Kerry's bid to produce movie

• Attorney general wants review of cocaine sentences

• NY Senate coup leaves policy, dignity in its wake

• Wandering SC gov will find tough trail at home

  • Text of South Carolina first lady's statement

  • Analysis: Why do politicians cheat?

ODD & Extraordinary

• Suspicious item in Ohio luggage: pickled mangoes

• KC man urinating while sleepwalking stabbed

• Man nabbed for DUI accused of trying to bribe cops

• Marmot causes ruckus at Wash. state restaurant

• Mom, after 13 beers, can't recover custody of kids

• Woman pleads no contest in chips-for-sex case

• Police: Man dons bustier, can't skirt drug charges

• 'High' wallabies blamed for Aussie crop circles

• Hungry for entertainment? Not these NJ fry artists

• Inmate uses toilet paper cardboard to escape cell

• Lost & found: Golf course may regain missing holes

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Sealed divorce record offers privacy to Jon & Kate

• Rosie O'Donnell to host satellite radio show

• Theaters take a nimble approach to economic blues

Science, Technology & Environment

• Brain scans show how hypnosis can paralyze a limb

• Telescope finds space blobs are pubescent galaxies

• Study: Saturn moon has liquid water below surface

• NASA plans fueling test for space shuttle

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