State

• Peoria officers arrested after videotaped beating

National

• Woman faces 4 murder charges in fatal Mich. crash

• AP interview: Leader of suicide group defends work

• Family of Conn. chimp attack victim seeks $50M

• N.H. town residents say child killer must go

• Few caught by steroid testing in high school

  • State-by-state look at high school test results

• Petland is accused of scheme to sell sick puppies

• First 2 octuplets have wild Hollywood homecoming

International

• Austrian incest father pleads guilty to all counts

• Pope, in Africa, says church must help the poor

• Madagascar: Court accepts Rajoelina as president

• Sudan leader: No international court can touch me

• Hamas not budging in Israel, Fatah talks

Politics & Government

• Obama heads to California for town-hall meetings

• Health care overhaul cost may reach $1.5 trillion

• Frank says statute enabling AIG aid must be redone

  • AIG chief to defend bonuses before Congress

• 3rd commerce secretary pick gets Senate hearing

• Bush says it's 'essential' to help Obama

ODD & Extraordinary

• Legally blind Mo. man saves woman from attacker

• Mass. officer finds crack inside sack of dog food

• Cops arrest man passed out in car at drive-through

Science, Technology & Environment

• Shuttle Discovery arrives at space station

• Creationist museum: Darwin got something right

• Wolf numbers up again, but expansion slowing

• Rare vine in Hawaii designated endangered species

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• 1st celebrity cast off of 'Dancing'

• Richardson's family gathers near injured actress

• 'Slumdog Millionaire' to hit Chinese screens

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