Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano is set to be named as the next secretary for the troubled Department of Homeland Security, according to reports in various media outlets. Napolitano, who was her state's first female attorney general, was an early supporter of Barack Obama's presidential bid.
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Before making their case before Congress on why they should get a $25 billion taxpayer-funded bailout, the Big Three's top auto executives fly to Washington in style on private jets. Says one congressman: "There is a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying into Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hand, saying that they're going to be trimming down."
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Authorities in Utah confirm the presence of zebra mussels -- fast-spreading creatures that threaten food sources and clog water pipes -- in Electric Lake. It's the first body of water in the state where the mussels been found. "There's no one in Utah that's going to turn a blind eye to this," one state wildlife official says.

The California Supreme Court agrees to hear legal challenges to the state's new voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. The high court accepts three lawsuits that say the Proposition 8 amendment violates the civil rights of homosexual couples.

A half-dozen inmates -- men and women -- face charges after being busted for allegedly sneaking through a jailhouse ceiling to rendezvous for card games, sex and homemade hooch in Indiana.