State

• Winter weather slows travel in Midwest, Northeast

National

• Police seek Wal-Mart shoppers who killed N.Y. worker

• Stuntman to talk about Empire State Building caper

• Man convicted in eagle deaths grateful for pardon

• Is gay the new black? Marriage ban spurs debate

• Students lie, cheat, steal, but say they're good

• Federal judges to rule on Calif. prison crowding

• Refill of vanished Wis. lake about to begin

• Recall information

International

• Authorities remove last bodies from India hotel

  • Rice: Pakistan must cooperate in terror probe

• NATO trucks attacked in Pakistan; bomber kills 8

• Bombings tear through Baghdad, Mosul, killing 31

• Thai protesters reinforce besieged airports

• South Korea among countries ending Iraq deployment

• Russian leader Medvedev praises Fidel Castro

Politics

• Obama turns to friends and foes for top posts

  • Hillary Clinton nomination could be official today

  • Obama team repackaging Clinton after campaign digs

• Cabinet nominee bios:

  • Hillary Rodham Clinton biography

  • Robert Gates biography

  • Janet Napolitano biography

  • Susan Rice biography

  • James Jones biography

  • Eric Holder biography

• Liberals to keep pressure on Obama for results

ODD & Extraordinary

• Chicago couple wait for 1st kiss at the altar

• Thief steals Thanksgiving dinner off woman's porch

• OBAMA license plates become target for N.Y. thieves

• Pumpkin drop at N.Y. museum draws smashing crowd

• Eau de Penn State smells of flowers, not football

• Late workers, students get notes blaming N.Y. subway

• Red Sox fans can show their loyalty for eternity

• Customer memorialized by chair at N.Y. Starbucks

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Fuel-cell powered devices getting closer

• Space shuttle Endeavour finishes 16-day mission

• Mandates driving surge to the river for hydropower

• 150 whales die in stranding in Australia

Entertainment, Entertainers and the Arts

• 'Four Christmases' finds $31.7M in holiday cheer

• 'Christmas Story' fans celebrate film's 25th year

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