State

• Seasonal ladybug swarms pester even bug experts

National

• Mass. man accused of plot to kill shoppers, troops

• Sheriff: Landfill body appears to be Fla. girl

• Friend: Balloon mom will 'go down with the ship'

• Woman in W.Va. torture case now says she lied

• Hispanic farmers fight to sue USDA

• NH man turns lottery losses into 1,500 wins

• Remains found in Utah not poet Everett Ruess

International

• Army brigadier, soldier killed in Pakistan capital

• NATO chief calls for perseverance in Afghanistan

• Shelling in Somali capital kills 20, wounds 60

• US defense secretary says NKorea still a threat

• Somali pirates seize ship off East African coast

• Karadzic threatens to boycott start of his trial

• Alleged Nazi criminal in Australian police custody

Politics & Government

• Key senators may rebuff Obama on health care

  • Firms resist new health rules

• TARP head confirms substantial pay cuts looming

• Congress moves to expand financial oversight

• Congress scrutinizes problems in homebuyer credit

• Kerry becomes all-around adviser to Obama

• Clinton cites nuke worry; panel fears bio attack

• Alabama-built warship tops out at more than 50 mph

• Education chief calls for teacher prep overhaul

ODD & Extraordinary

• Gunman prays with clerk before finishing robbery

• Gunman runs away after Minn. bank teller says no

• MSBNC's Brewer introduces Jackson as Sharpton

• Cops: Son drove as mom made heroin deliveries

• Cops lose 2-gram bag of cocaine used to train dogs

• Funeral home offers electronic billboard obits

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Federal arts chair to tour US for 6 months

• Jackie Chan, Andy Lau to star in new Shaolin movie

• Kidman: Hollywood probably contributes to violence

• Judge orders retrial in Travolta extortion case

• E-mails: US discussed nabbing Polanski in Austria

• Aviator style from 'Amelia' lands on runways, too

• New Stephen King e-book delayed

Science, Technology & Environment

• Primate fossil called only a distant relative

• Divers recover anchor from reputed Blackbeard ship

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