National news headlines

• Uzbek man pleads guilty in plot to kill Obama
  12:31 a.m.

  A man from Uzbekistan who pleaded guilty Friday to plotting to kill President Barack Obama with an automatic rifle claimed he was acting at the direction of an Islamic terror group in his home country.

• Comforter in Powell unit tests positive for blood
  11:16 p.m.
• Father-in-law dragged deeper into Powell saga
  11:16 p.m.
• Woman pleads guilty in NY newborn kidnap case
  10:56 p.m.
• Justice Department calls Swiss Bank a "fugitive"
  10:31 p.m.
• Mom who threw tot in NY river can go home to India
  10:26 p.m.
• Argentina: UK sent nuclear sub to Falklands
  10:16 p.m.
• Fight breaks out at a funeral in Phoenix
  10:11 p.m.
• Longtime AP correspondent Carl Hartman dies
  10:01 p.m.
• Fishermen meet amid bleak cod prospects
  9:31 p.m.
• Philadelphia cardinal's death investigated
  9:21 p.m.
• Teacher in LA molest case paid to resign
  9:16 p.m.
• Ill. man gets 3 years in erectile pump case
  9:16 p.m.
• Ill. Sen. Mark Kirk moved to stroke rehab center
  8:26 p.m.
• Witness: Detective's DNA matched bite mark
  8:16 p.m.
• NH 14-year-old shoots self in face in cafeteria
  8:01 p.m.
• Reaction to Obama's birth control compromise
  7:46 p.m.
• Officer sentenced for on-duty sex crimes
  7:41 p.m.
• US Rep's spouse gives boost to MaineToday Media
  7:41 p.m.
• Explosion at Fla. horse center kills worker, horse
  7:41 p.m.
• Comedian's BYU black history video goes viral
  7:31 p.m.
• Schoolgirls excluded from Dallas movie screening
  7:06 p.m.
• Park Service to remove inscription on MLK Memorial
  6:51 p.m.
• Feds release new details about underwear bomber
  6:51 p.m.
• Dispatcher on Powell call: Case a 'nightmare'
  6:26 p.m.
• Ginsburg questions 1973 abortion ruling's timing
  6:21 p.m.
• Developer may open rival Philadelphia newspaper
  6:21 p.m.
• Developer may open rival Philadelphia newspaper
  6:21 p.m.
• Dad of NYC subway bomb plotter gets 4 ½ years
  6:21 p.m.
• Feds slap CA utility for San Onofre ammonia leak
  6:21 p.m.
• Serial killer's tip leads to remains of 2nd body
  6:06 p.m.
• Audit: ND university awarded unearned degrees
  6:01 p.m.
• 5 killed in wrong-way crash on I-10 in Louisiana
  6:01 p.m.
• Congressman asks for delay in Eisenhower Memorial
  5:51 p.m.
• NHTSA: BMW fined $3M for untimely 2010 recalls
  5:51 p.m.
• Feds investigating Nagin travel, family business
  5:41 p.m.
• 3 senators introduce a bill for oversight of NYPD
  5:36 p.m.
• Feds: Underwear bomber texted with al-Qaida cleric
  5:36 p.m.
• Hackers claim attack on Ala. government websites
  5:26 p.m.
• NY's AG isn't backing down from Wall Street probe
  5:16 p.m.
• US says signs growing that Syrian elite wants out
  5:11 p.m.
• Remains of another 9/11 victim identified in NYC
  5:11 p.m.
• Conn. ex-cop gets 10 years for child porn
  5:11 p.m.
• 2008 Edwards campaign defends 2011 spending
  4:51 p.m.
• AG: Pa. man's Facebook 'surfer' page lured teens
  4:21 p.m.
• NH 14-year-old shoots self in face in cafeteria
  4:16 p.m.
• More questions for FL Ponzi schemer on $1.2B fraud
  4:11 p.m.
• Ginsburg questions 1973 abortion ruling's timing
  4:11 p.m.
• Fla. sheriff: 3 dead after RV park standoff
  4:11 p.m.
• FBI restores Conn. crime lab's access to database
  3:51 p.m.
• Border officials: Pilot program trims wait times
  3:46 p.m.
• Social worker recounts minutes before Powell fire
  3:31 p.m.
• Embalmer takes speech case to Mass. high court
  3:11 p.m.
• Obama reversal may not end dispute over contraception
  3:02 p.m.
• Court hears appeal for woman who shot at US troops
  1:36 p.m.
• 8 school workers on leave during abuse probe
  1:21 p.m.
• Nebraska regent to seek US Senate seat nomination
  1:21 p.m.
• Ill. man gets 3 years in erectile pump case
  1:21 p.m.
• Ill. man gets 3 years in erectile pump case
  12:51 p.m.
• Former DuPont engineer released on bond
  12:46 p.m.
• NY's AG isn't backing down from Wall Street probe
  12:36 p.m.
• Obama: Religious liberty will be protected; women will still be able to get contraception
  12:36 p.m.
• Mentally challenged teen rescued, woman arrested
  12:31 p.m.
• 2nd depo sought for convicted Fla. Ponzi schemer
  12:01 p.m.
• Chicago clerk buying bond for sticker designer
  10:31 a.m.
• AP sources: Obama retreats on contraception, shifts burden from religious groups to insurers
  10:06 a.m.
• Marine veteran found after 2 days in Oregon snow
  10:01 a.m.
• Pentagon to allow women to serve near front lines
  9:17 a.m.
• This Week in the Civil War
  9:06 a.m.
• British man wanted in '93 heist arrested in Mo.
  7:51 a.m.
• Conn. officer seeks dismissal of bias charges
  7:36 a.m.
• Florida offers look at problems with education law
  6:21 a.m.
• National Archives shows Benjamin Franklin's papers
  5:16 a.m.
• Lawyer: Uzbek man to plead guilty in Obama plot
  5:16 a.m.
• The nations weather
  4:56 a.m.
• 2nd deposition sought for convicted Ponzi schemer
  4:26 a.m.
• 2 men, boy plucked from Pacific in dramatic rescue
  4:21 a.m.
• GOP candidates in Conn. primary to be announced
  3:06 a.m.
• APNewsBreak: Powell had 'incestuous' images
  2/10/12
• Pa. couple: We captured purple squirrel, freed it
  2/9/12
• Owner of Sierra mine surrenders to face charges
  2/9/12
• Worker: Josh Powell told son he had 'surprise'
  2/9/12
• Victim's kin in NY pharmacy killing announce suit
  2/9/12
• Company asks dismissal of Confederate flag case
  2/9/12
• APNewsBreak: Perelman denied bid on Pa. newspapers
  2/9/12
• Man accused of threatening Obama faces new charge
  2/9/12
• Judge allows 2 claims in archdiocese bankruptcy
  2/9/12
• Okla. state work in trouble over off-color email
  2/9/12
• Guilty plea anticipated in NY newborn kidnap case
  2/9/12
• Women at war: Most changes are in Army, Marines
  2/9/12
• Some states stay with education law, cite politics
  2/9/12
• SD inmate pleads guilty to murder, gets life
  2/9/12
• Va. moves forward to let agencies bar gay adoption
  2/9/12
• US: No leniency for Ill. man in erectile pump case
  2/9/12
• LA abuse charges prompt awkward talks for parents
  2/9/12
• The nations weather
  2/9/12
• 911 log shows time lapse in Powell emergency call
  2/9/12
• Mistrial declared for woman accused in baby death
  2/8/12
• Miss. man executed for convenience store killings
  2/8/12
• Amnesty: imported arms fueling Darfur conflict
  2/8/12