State

• Former 'enemy combatant' pleads guilty in Illinois

National

• School had long week as illness became outbreak

• University: Wanted Ga. professor's vehicle found

• Police say man, 72, tied to L.A. serial killings

• Well-known US poet missing on Japanese island

International

• Mexico's epidemiology boss faults WHO

• US: 15 militants killed in Afghan clash

• Egypt's call to kill pigs amid flu scare ridiculed

• Fiji military leader says no elections for 5 years

• Man who attacked Dutch royals dies

Politics & Government

• Taxpayers to get rude surprise

• Credit card legislation faces Senate test

• Senate defeats anti-foreclosure proposal

• Pentagon uses Facebook, Twitter to spread message

• Source: Liberal-leaning Justice Souter to retire

ODD & Extraordinary

• Judge won't let inmate change name to 'Sinner'

• Girl beats off muggers with marching band baton

• Diners report seeing Virgin Mary in food griddle

• Elderly man arrested in Italy for coke in oranges

• Bird loses meal to power line, causing outage

• Man asks to join brother in jail and gets his wish

• Alaska city says flushable wipes a real drain

• Alabama man sleeps with gun and shoots himself

• Sisters, age 65 and 70, accused of dealing heroin

• Police: Burglar took jellybeans, but nothing else

• Miss. county strikes out digging for time capsule

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• 'About Elly,' 'Racing Dreams' take Tribeca awards

• Review: A crowd-pleasing '9 to 5' hits Broadway

Science, Technology & Environment

• Africans have world's greatest genetic variation

• NASA aims for May 11 launch of Hubble mission

• Boogie birdie: Animals shown to 'dance' to music

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