State

• Ill. lawmakers OK caps on political donations

National

• Philly transit talks to continue Saturday

• Coast Guard finds body of pilot of missing plane

• Wait for steel delays repair work on SF Bay Bridge

• Oil tanker leaking fuel into SF Bay

• 1st lawsuits filed in Ariz. sweat lodge tragedy

• Slain mosque leader's followers deny FBI claims

• Clinic to Muslim doctor: Its policy bars headscarf

International

• Kidnappers demand $2 million for Irish hostage

• Bomb kills 7 soldiers in Pakistani tribal region

• 4th typhoon in month lashes Philippines; 7 killed

• Iran lawmakers reject UN-drafted uranium plan

• Sources: Abdullah to pull out of Afghan runoff

• Clinton continues push for Mideast peace

• Somali pirates: Western boats 'loot' Somali fish

• 14th-century Cairo mosque restored to glory

Politics & Government

• Obama highlights fresh signs of economic growth

  • Stimulus saved, created 650,000 jobs, gov't claims

• Obama administration: Toss wiretap lawsuit

• GOP urges simpler, less expensive health care plan

• Senate, White House agree on reporter protections

• San Francisco mayor ends run for Calif. governor

• Cheney to FBI: No idea who leaked Plame's identity

ODD & Extraordinary

• Men accused of pawning stolen items for bail cash

• Cops: TN mechanic disabled parked cars for repairs

• Ex-Notre Dame worker to repay much of $29,000 tip

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Winfrey, Clooney among 1st White House guests

• More jamming for rock 'n' roll royalty at Garden

• Troubled Broderick play pushes back its opening

• Swiss reject new higher bail offer from Polanski

• Everything must go! Lehman Bros. art auctioned off

Science, Technology & Environment

• 2 parachutes malfunctioned in NASA test flight

• Father of China's space tech program dies at 98

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