State

• Lanes reopen after Chicago expressway buckles

• Vet jailed after arrested with gun at VA hospital

National

• CEOs, ag minister call for agricultural investment

• States letting inmates cut even more prison time

• Missile commander ousted at ND Air Force base

• California to stage massive earthquake drill

• Swamp to sandwich: Fla. gators sliced and diced

International

• Police: Blast heard in Pakistani city of Peshawar

• AP sources: Al-Qaida's Afghan head contacted Zazi

• Italy denies paying off Taliban in Afghanistan

• NKorea warns naval incursions could spark clash

• China sentences 3 more to death for Xinjiang riot

• Nigerian president says amnesty has led to peace

• Honduran rivals weigh proposal for Zelaya's return

• SAfrica police fire rubber bullets at protesters

• Auschwitz memorial launches Facebook page

Politics & Government

• Social Security to make it official: No COLA

• Obama talks US nonmilitary efforts in Afghanistan

• Obama, liberals split on security and media issues

• President Obama makes 1st trip to New Orleans

• Democrats work to finalize health legislation

• SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: When lawyers don't matter

• Justice Dept. seeks action vs. gay discrimination

• Fed officials were conflicted over revival program

ODD & Extraordinary

• Alabama party mistakenly taps dead man for panel

• Lottery hoax causes riot at Ohio coat store

• 22-inch Nepal man says he's grown into record book

• Ark. officer forced to use stun gun on brother

• Robber loses wallet, then asks victim to return it

• Va. man allowed to let dead rats rot on property

• NC church plans to burn Bibles, Christian books

• German artist poses 1,250 Nazi garden gnomes

• Sheriff: Drunk dad, son rob home, son passes out

• Cops: NY man tried to eat evidence after pot bust

• %$@&%!! Survey says Mexicans curse 20 times a day

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• AP: Taylor Swift to host 'Saturday Night Live'

• Limbaugh dropped from group seeking to buy Rams

• Comedian: End world hunger? Sell the Vatican

• Crypt above Marilyn Monroe back up for auction

Science, Technology & Environment

• Explorers: North Pole summers ice-free in 10 years

• NASA invites Twitterers to next shuttle launch

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