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(Associated Press)

1.	Republican pundits open fire on Sarah Palin
2.	Activists push ballot initiative to end state benefits for illegal immigrants and their U.S.-born children
3.	Indiana prison escape: Officials hunting for 3 inmates
4.	As the Hollywood machine abandons L.A., its supporting workers struggle
5.	Clamor grows over CIA secrets

We are family: The degrees of political separation