State

• Health officials: Illinois man dies from swine flu

• Police say 5 people shot on Chicago's South Side

• Chicago alderman indicted on corruption charges

• Reputed Chicago mobster, cop, 5 others indicted

• Analysis: Burris the perjurer or a smooth talker?

National

• Husband of woman in abduction hoax seeks answers

• Off-duty NYPD cop fatally shot by fellow officer

• Schwarzenegger plan would close 220 Calif. parks

• Fla. amputee gets rare 2nd chance to sue docs

• NYC readies for 1st official visit by Prince Harry

• Aspiring neurosurgeon from Kansas is top speller

• New Lincoln letter added to archives

  • Text of Abraham Lincoln letter

International

• N. Korea test-fires missile, slams Security Council

• Police: Taliban suspects among Pakistani refugees

• Russian chemical weapons destruction plant opens

• Hot-air balloon accident kills 1 in Turkey

Politics & Government

• Obama says health care changes must come this year

• SPIN METER: Two sides of Sotomayor

  • Sotomayor's views on abortion rights are unknown

• Obama calling for better security for computers

• Army chief: US able to fight N. Korea if necessary

  • Gates: No reason to build up US troops in Korea

• Bush misses seeing GIs, White House food

ODD & Extraordinary

• Small dogs scare off cougar in Oregon

• Doing thyme: Ohio inmates growing food to save money

• Australian belatedly wins $10 million lottery

• Ore. man calls 911 over orange juice at McDonald's

• Taste for gummies gets man in sticky situation

• Man convicted after boasting of crime on MySpace

• Clerk surprises burly robber armed with big stick

• Ex-Ohio Girl Scouts boss to repay $20K cookie cash

• Rare 1897 flag found after Milwaukee school fire

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Boyle Web sensation: A massive missed opportunity?

  • Judge: Susan Boyle has considered quitting

• Leno gets set to leave the 'most wonderful job'

• Phil Spector faces sentencing in murder of actress

Science, Technology & Environment

• Society warns cuckoo bird is in danger of extinction

• Blue whales found near N.Y., off their usual path

• Obama moves to curb road-building in forests

• China volcano may have caused mass extinction

• Natural gas in the Arctic is mostly Russian

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