State

• Cop: 1 person responsible for Ill. family's deaths

• East St. Louis mayor defends late-night clubs

• Ill. AG: Craigslist dropping 'erotic services' ads

National

• Tornadoes kill 3 people in Missouri

• Mattress retailer's son accused in mother's death

• At least 9 die after migrant boat sinks off Fla.

• NTSB to hear from regulators on N.Y. state air crash

• Owners struggle to find sanctuaries for chimps

International

• In Iraq, an exodus of Christians

• Pope, in Nazareth: 'Reject hatred and prejudice'

• Myanmar opposition leader to stand trial again

• Jordan king: Israel must accept Palestinian state

• N. Korea to put US reporters on trial in early June

• Outrage in Kenya at aristocrat's sentence

Politics & Government

• Obama administration to expand housing plan

• AP sources: Obama considering 6 for high court

• Obama shrugs off honorary degree snub at ASU

• Senate weighs plan for government health insurance

• Treasury asks for control of derivatives market

• N.C., Wisconsin lawmakers pass smoking bans

ODD & Extraordinary

• Dog does what rain or snow can't: halt mail

• Elderly Pa. drug defendants working out plea deal

• Hamburgers, hot dogs, brats and guns at picnic

• Surgeon allegedly operates on wrong part of mouth

• Mich. teen pleads guilty to burning man's groin

• College student charged with growing pot in dorm

• Pa. man nabbed twice in 3 hours on DUI charges

• Mad about MAD, L.A. man builds a dream out of CDs

• Mo. mom accused of using child to block Taser

• Police: 'Nicotine Ninja' prefers brand-name cigs

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Danny Gokey is booted from 'American Idol'

• Mumbai authorities tear down 'Slumdog' star's home

• Robin Williams jokes about his heart surgery

• 'Farrah's Story' details Fawcett's cancer struggle

• Martin Scorsese to direct biopic of Frank Sinatra

Science, Technology & Environment

• Astronauts prepare for 1st spacewalk to fix Hubble

• Group says 3 more birds close to extinction

• Ivory sculpture in Germany could be world's oldest

• New weapon turns fire ants into brainless zombies

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