National

New federal prosecutor nominated for Chicago

The Obama administration has picked a private attorney and former federal prosecutor who helped send former Illinois Gov. George Ryan to prison for corruption to head the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago, Illinois' senators announced Thursday. Full Story

• Dallas man gets death for drowning 2 sons in creek
• Driver in Ill. van wreck had license supsensions
• Evacuated residents of ND city to return Friday

Entertainment

87-year-old woman loses to Trump in civil case

An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday _ she lost. Full Story

• Jerry Lewis repeats his distaste for female comics
• West Bank and romance prominent in 'Omar'
• New Victory Theater offers Bob Marley, Shakespeare

Health

• US companies challenging contraception mandate
• Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births
• Shuttered NM plant resumes making peanut butter

World

Muslim hardliners ID London terror suspect

Two Muslim hardliners say the man seen wielding a bloody butcher's knife after the killing of a British soldier is a Muslim convert who took part in demonstrations with the banned radical group al-Muhajiroun. Full Story

• Markets roiled by Nikkei's 7.3 percent slide
• Military calls UK attack victim a model soldier
• Embattled Toronto mayor fires chief of staff

Local

Oklahoma City police correct Moore tornado damage estimate to 12K homes

MOORE (AP) — Oklahoma City police have corrected a damage estimate from the tornado that swept through an Oklahoma City suburb.

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Sports

• Committee hits stretch run for NY-NJ Super Bowl
• Rangers scratch Richards for pivotal Game 4
• James, Bryant voted to All-NBA first team

Politics

Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all

President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally killed. Full Story

• House backs variable rate student loans
• House immigration group resolves dispute
• US criticized over response to Indonesia attacks

Finance

• Applications for US unemployment aid fall to 340K
• Why worry? Less aid by Fed would point to recovery
• News Summary: J&J predicts surge of new medicines

Science & Tech

Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive

For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. Full Story

• 2013 hurricane names: From Andrea to Wendy
• NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission
• Study: Amphibians disappearing at alarming rate

Strange

• For Philadelphia bicyclist, a cat is his co-pilot
• Crane accident cuts power to one-third of Vietnam
• Surgeons remove tiger's basketball-sized hairball