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How "average" or "American" is your state? The Associated Press has produced an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data that ranks the 50 states and the District of Columbia according to how closely they resemble the country's demographics.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson resigned yesterday, citing "personal and family matters." But his departure comes amid growing allegations of influence peddling. Ann Lott, of the Dallas Housing Authority, and Bruce Katz, of the Brookings Institution, discuss the allegations against Jackson.

Iraqi insurgents kidnap a Western contractor, identified as Australian Douglas Wood, amid an upsurge of violence in Iraq. Two bombs explode in Baghdad Monday morning. More than 100 people, including 11 U.S. soldiers, have been killed in the last four days.

North Carolina holds primaries for president and state and federal office-holders on March 5. Follow the live results.

California's presidential primaries offer a big delegate haul, and its congressional primaries are also held today. Candidates are vying to fill the seat long held by late Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

Numbers in for March show GOP candidate Mitt Romney raised $12.6 million and President Obama's re-election effort raised $53 million. But the race is changing, now that Romney is finishing up the GOP primary season. He's also just starting to solicit his primary donors to give again.

The year ended on a strong note, with personal incomes up 2.6 percent in December alone. But over all of 2012, growth in both incomes and spending was less than the increases in 2011. The week's big economic news comes Friday when we'll hear how many jobs were created in January.

Shridhar Chillal, 82, of Pune, India, started to let the fingernails on his left hand grow when he was 14. The longest nail was about 6 1/2 feet long.

Some vehicles on Highway 58 were covered by mud that was 6 feet deep. Luckily, there were no reports of injuries or deaths.