State

• Woman Safe Following Expensive Search

• Historic Low in NYC, Chicago Homicides

National

• S.F. Zoo to Reopen Amid Investigations

• Details Emerge in Wash. State Slayings

International

• U.S. General Addresses Troops in Iraq

  • Iraq: al-Qaida 75 Percent Gone

• Bhutto Aides Reject Government Claim

  • Pakistan: Bhutto Died of Skull Fracture

• Tensions in Kenya Over Election Results

Politics

• Obama Jabbing From Defensive Stance

• Credit Giuliani for New Times Square?

• Edwards Ties Rivals to Special Interests

• Play of the Day: Thompson's Snow Day

ODD & Extraordinary

• NC Teen Aims for 2nd Scout Sales Title

• Burglary Suspect Robbed at Gunpoint

• Man Leaves $50,000, Car to Waitress

• Kids Blamed in Christmas Eve Theft

• La. Village Drops 666 From Its Number

• Ga. Thieves Take 2,600 Cases of Beer

• Boy Says TV Helped Him Survive Avalanche

Science

• Chance of Asteroid Hit on Mars Increases

• Ancient Mammoth Carcass Arrives in Japan

Year In Review

• Dems Still Trumped by Bush in 2007

• Chronology of News Events in 2007

• Yeltsin, Bhutto Among Notable '07 Deaths

Entertainment

• Unlike Rivals, Letterman Has His Writers

• Critics Choose Year's Best Films

• Radiohead Album Among Year's Best

• Publishing Hits and Misses in 2007

Today

• The Nation's Weather