State

• Royko's son pleads in attempted bank robbery

National

• Ala. town stunned by gunman's terrifying ride

• Under-construction condo burns in downtown Indy

• Echo of gunfire, questions follow arrested doctor

• More bad news on campus: Scholarships drying up

• N.M. senator who hires felons wants to 'ban the box'

• Alaska Gov. Palin's daughter, fiance break up

• At Colo. prison, wild horses tame the inmates

International

• Iraqi journalist who threw shoes gets 3 years

• China demands end of US Navy surveillance

• Pope acknowledges Vatican mistakes in bishop case

• Principal broadcast quick warning of school gunman

• Doctors Without Borders workers abducted in Darfur

• Somali pirates keep up attacks but seizures fall

Politics & Government

• Obama, Biden to talk stimulus with states

• Geithner set to defend Obama budget before Senate

• Obama's FEMA pick offers calm after the storm

• Analysis: Obama stands with his allies, of course

ODD & Extraordinary

• No laughing matter: Man cited for having a hyena

• Police say 'bored' woman made false 911 calls

• Fight in car over $3 leads to fish tank attack

• N.H. town elects surveyor as newbie police chief

• Yale student sues airline for $1M over lost Xbox

• 89-year-old in kid football flap drops lawsuit

• DUI defendant claims that he's his own country

• Absent Mass. selectwoman seeks re-election

Science, Technology & Environment

• Early 'Peking Man' was older, colder, study says

• Gas leak postpones space shuttle Discovery launch

• NASA successfully reboots Mars orbiter's computer

• Some states push back against stem cell research

• Global warming to carry big costs for California

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Jasmine Murray, Jorge Nunez dismissed from 'Idol'

• U2 holds 1,000-seat concert in Mass. city

• Joaquin Phoenix leaps into crowd at hip-hop show

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