State

• Blagojevich gets 1-day gig as WLS radio host

• Despite budget crisis, Ill. agency approved raises

• Nearly 70 dogs found in alleged Chicago puppy mill

National

• Ice jams make flooding worse around Bismarck, N.D.

• Fishing boat sinks off N.J.; 2 dead, 4 missing

• Oakland shooter unable to escape cycle of violence

• Guilty pleas in Mich. boy's death, grill cremation

• US takes steps to deport alleged Nazi to Germany

• Vet groups: Definition of combat is outdated

• Bones may be from US grave of 57 Irish immigrants

International

• Bomb kills 10 civilians in eastern Afghanistan

• EU presidency: US economic plans 'a way to hell'

• Netanyahu: Will push for Israel-Palestinian peace

• AP IMPACT: It's fear that keeps Baghdad's peace

• Teen hacker turns corporate cyber-crime consultant

Politics & Government

• Obama to critics: I'll bend, but not break

• Obama to answer question on the Web tomorrow

• House, Senate panels take up revised Obama budget

• Geithner, Bernanke want executive pay standards

• Narco wars loom over Clinton agenda in Mexico

• Money-troubled post office turning to Congress

ODD & Extraordinary

• Ohio lawmakers won't let college buy $522 chairs

• Romantic teen seeks prom date, gets cops instead

• N.H. police net alleged shrimp shoplifter

• Police say woman used fake ID to get fake breasts

• Ill. police: Man tried to steal car from dealer

• Man plays Madoff's prison number and wins $1,500

• Guard fired after locking new hire in with inmate

• China uses abortion pill to cut gerbil population

• Ex-N.Y. trooper admits he wrote fake traffic tickets

• Huzza! Md. mulls changing 'offensive' state song

• Woman finds man sleeping in car in her garage

Science, Technology & Environment

• Hundreds of killer whales seen in Gulf of Mexico

• Scientists find new species in Papua New Guinea

• Oil terminal a concern as Alaska volcano rumbles

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• 2nd celebrity cast off 'Dancing With the Stars'

• 'Idol' finalists savor group prize: concert tour

  • Jennifer Hudson slated to sing on 'American Idol'

• New Al Gore book coming this fall

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