State

• Feds accuse sheriff of Ill. county of drug dealing

• Drew Peterson pleads not guilty to murdering wife

• Inmate: I confessed to end Chicago police torture

• Atty: Blagojevich's wife mulling reality TV spot

National

• Boy wrote threatening note before school shooting

• Longtime fugitive mom released from Mich. prison

• Sentencing delayed for Mo. woman in MySpace hoax

• Room in the crib: Baby population growth slows

• US: Drugmaker Wyeth cheated Medicaid

• 21-year-old N.Y. man crowned US Chess champion

• Lincoln historian David Herbert Donald dies

International

• Officials: Naval action alone can't crush pirates

• Netanyahu to get pressured to OK Palestinian state

• Sri Lanka president says country free from terror

• Lawyer: Myanmar may rush democracy leader's trial

• Pakistan races to deal with 1.5 million refugees

• Mexico arrests 13 drug suspects, some on plane

• Italian police capture leading Naples mobsters

Politics & Government

• Automakers, Obama announce mileage, pollution plan

• Analysis: Obama moving to center on some issues

• Credit card reforms up for Senate vote

• Obama's quiet advisory board holds 1st meeting

• Bill Clinton to be special UN envoy to Haiti

• Steele insists GOP comeback has started

ODD & Extraordinary

• Plumber uses snake with camera to find cat in wall

• Man calls 911 over 28-year-old son's messy bedroom

• N.J. man charged in police station restroom rampage

• Tenn. woman fights off intruders with chili, broom

• Arizonans see UFO; NASA says it's research balloon

• Cops: Driver was under influence of bowl of cereal

• Woman, 78, allegedly beats husband over old affair

• Fla. police say men called 911 after bad drug deal

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• 'Idol' finalists: Focus on the singing

• Marini, Johnson tied on 'Dancing With the Stars'

• '24' ends season on high note, with Jack Bauer low

• 'Law & Order' renewed for record-tying 20th season

• 'Star Trek' screened in space

Science, Technology & Environment

• Astronauts ready to say goodbye to Hubble for good

• Bird-watchers flock in N.J. for their World Series

• Study: Mockingbirds can tell people apart, react

• Paper company threatens Indonesian orangutans

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