National News

	Democrats push toward vote on health care Slowly but steadily, support is building behind President Barack Obama's health care legislation in the House, the result of intense lobbying and politically targeted changes aimed at reassuring waverers and winning over critics.
	Could school bus ads save school budgets? School districts say it's practically free money and advertisers love the captive audience that school buses provide.
	Gunman kills 7-Eleven clerk working last shift Gurpreet Singh was working his final shift as a 7-Eleven clerk, before starting a full-time job at a hospital, when he was gunned down during a robbery in Missouri.
	No rabies found in wolves blamed in teacher death Two wolves suspected of killing a teacher outside the rural Alaska village of Chignik Lake did not have rabies.
	Feds say brakes weren't applied on crashed Prius Federal regulators say computer data from a Toyota Prius that crashed in New York show that at the time of the accident the throttle was open and the driver was not hitting the brakes.
	Obama signs jobs bill with $18 billion in tax breaks President Barack Obama has signed into law a package of tax breaks and spending designed to give the nation a jobs boost.
	Text message dispute triggered brutal beating Authorities say the brutal beating of a 15-year-old girl at a Florida middle school was triggered by a text message dispute between the victim and a teenage boy.
	Arizona sheriff launches immigration sweep The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Arizona has launched a two-day, countywide crime and immigration sweep that authorities say will focus on drop houses, drug violators and human smuggling vehicles.
	Child's body found during search for boy and mom A sheriff's spokesman says there's a "strong probability" that the child's body found washed up on an island in Puget Sound is that of an eight-year-old Washington state boy who went missing with his mother last weekend.
	First-time jobless claims drop slightly The number of newly laid-off workers requesting jobless benefits fell slightly last week for the third straight week. But initial claims remain above levels that would signal net job gains.