National News

	Banks to pay foreclosure victims More than 40 U.S. states have agreed to a nationwide settlement over foreclosure abuses.
	NYPD officer pleads on trial in gun smuggling case Officer William Masso has pleaded guilty in a case that involved guns, cigarettes and slot machines.
	Second wave of evictions is sweeping away Occupiers A tent city in Maine that is among the longest-lived of the Occupy movement is being dismantled as part of a new round of evictions.
	Leader of Liberian war faction ordered out of U.S. A man who led a faction accused of killings and recruiting child soldiers during Liberia's civil war was told to leave the United States by an immigration judge in western New York.
	Judge temporarily blocks Mississippi execution A federal judge has halted the execution of Edwin Hart Turner, who was convicted of killing two men during a robbery in 1995.
	Authorities try to piece together circumstances of deaths Arson investigators are going through what's left of a house in Washington state where the husband and two young sons of a missing Utah woman died in an explosion.
	Hearing to determine Loughner's competency A federal judge has called a hearing to determine whether the suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage that left then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wounded should remain at a federal prison facility where officials are forcibly medicating him.
	Romney adds to lead after Nevada victory Mitt Romney has added to his lead in the race for delegates now that Republican officials in Nevada are done counting the votes from Saturday's presidential caucuses.
	Ex-lacrosse player pleads not guilty before trial Jury selection is under way in the trial of a University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, who played on the women's team.
	Arizona police searching landfill for girl Police are searching a landfill south of Phoenix for the body of a five-year-old girl who has been missing for more than four months and is now believed dead.