State

• Patti Blagojevich back in Chicago from the jungle

National

• 2 lost icons: For Generation X, a really bad day

• Prosecutors to appeal Stanford's release on bond

• Brothers charged in Ariz. diversity office bombing

• Plea deal expected for remaining Jena 6 defendants

• NTSB probes 2 incidents involving Airbus A330s

• Make my day, Flipper: Pesky dolphins under siege

International

• Iranian cleric: Harsh punishment for riot leaders

  • G8 to Iran: End violence, reflect will of people

• Motorcycle bomb kills 15 in Baghdad market

• Taliban bomber kills 2 troops in Pakistani Kashmir

• Honduras heads toward crisis over referendum

• US, SKorea hold defense talks amid NKorea threats

Politics & Government

• Senators claim $1 trillion health bill in reach

• Handful of Democrats hold key to climate bill

• PROMISES, PROMISES: Gays bemoan go-slow approach

• SC governor tries to recover amid ouster calls

• Impeached federal judge to resign

ODD & Extraordinary

• Fines paid for Ohioans ticketed in own driveways

• Pa. mother charged with changing daughter's grades

• Man allegedly tries to run down wife, but crashes

• Ore. GOP candidate says his mother is the pollster

• Urine-filled catheter cans anger Neb. merchants

• Ore. woman who fed bears ousted from house

• Car wash raises money for activist's funeral

• Michigan suspect turns himself in -- kind of

• Spokane cops arrest alleged meat thief ringleader

• Baby opossum rescued from NY soda machine

• Fla. car dealership workers return $40K in cash

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Jackson lived like king but died awash in debt

  • Jackson was much more than the 'King of Pop'

  • Fans around the world mourn Michael Jackson

  • Autopsy set after Michael Jackson's sudden death

• 'Charlie's Angel' Farrah Fawcett dies at 62

Science, Technology & Environment

• Surprise: Fish in acidic waters grow bigger ears

• Ship of plastic bottles to send eco-message

• Burmese pythons slithering their way north?

• Ancient well, and body, found in Cyprus

• Prehistoric flute in Germany is oldest known

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