State

• 5 students arrested for fighting at Chicago school

• Ill. Gov. Quinn announces candidacy for full term

National

• Mom to unknown Fla. child killer: 'We'll get you'

  • Neighbors look for answers in Fla. girl's death

• Calif. man charged in 1989 killing of ex's child

• Police: UConn killing witnesses threatened online

• Helicopter crashes on Navy ship; 1 dead, 8 injured

• Largest US sting on drug cartel arrests 300-plus

• Pilots should have had warning of airport approach

• Arson-related heart attacks murder? DA says yes

• FAA investigators may be focusing on balloon call

• Law firms pay new hires to work for public good

• 19-year-old Norwegian takes Monopoly world title

International

• AP exclusive: $205M man says he sold meth chemical

• World awaits Iran's decision on uranium proposal

• Blasts at Pakistan air base, wedding bus kill 24

• NATO moves toward more troops for Afghan war

• Czech PM backs new US missile defense plan

• Japan FM: US Marine base should stay on Okinawa

• Beirut's Shiite bastion revives after '06 war

Politics & Government

• Politics at play as Obama talks energy at MIT

• Obama Cabinet members often stop in Reid country

• White House rejects Cheney's Afghanistan criticism

• Senate bill may have public insurance plan

  • Abortion divides House Dems in health care debate

• High-speed rail advocates say $8B is just a start

ODD & Extraordinary

• Police: Man robs Mich. bank, then turns himself in

• Man pleads guilty to DWI in motorized La-Z-Boy

• Man waiting for bus robbed of cash, chicken dinner

• W.Va. florist to robber: Give back the cash, jerk

• Iowa mom repeatedly whacks intruder with toy bat

• Caring burglar returns ashes to grieving mom

• Man who listed 'robbery' as occupation sentenced

• Headbutting defendant gets 39-year murder sentence

• Woman flashes $27,000 at Mass. bar, gets robbed

• SC man drives 80 miles to give explosives to cops

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• World's biggest band adapts to changing times

• Rock band Bon Jovi announces new world tour

• US files Polanski extradition request in sex case

• 'To Kill a Mockingbird' actress dies in NC

• Pie-splattered comedian Soupy Sales dies at 83

Science, Technology & Environment

• Scientists seek obesity origins in the womb

• Panel says NASA should skip moon, fly elsewhere

• Poll: US belief in global warming is cooling

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