State

• Many Questions in Stacy Peterson Case

• Chicago Choir Conductor Found Slain

National

• Tiger Escapes S.F. Zoo Cage and Kills 1

• Late Twists for Kids Health Program

• Jet Crash Survivors Honor Airboat Hero

• Boston's $14.8B Big Dig Finally Complete

• Plan Would Let Seniors Work to Pay Taxes

• Innovative Company Makes Clothes to Save Lives in Warfare

• 7-Year-Old Texas Girl Dies on New Bike

• Delaware River Current Halts Crossing

International

• Turkish Jets Strike Kurdish Rebel Bases

• Hindus Attack Churches on Christmas

• Dozens Die in Nigeria Pipeline Explosion

•  3 Years On, Nations Remember Tsunami

Politics

• Today on the Presidential Campaign Trail

ODD & Extraordinary

• Officer Helps Deliver Christmas Baby

• Thieves Steal Pair of Nutcracker Statues

• Cards From Heaven Have Dead Man Talking

• N.D. Farmer Forecasts Via Pig Spleens

People

• Jazz Pianists Pay Tribute to Peterson

Today

• This Day in History

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