State

• Estranged relative charged in Hudson family deaths

• FBI agents stage sting to snare corrupt Ill. cops

• Fundraiser Rezko has Jan. 6 corruption sentencing

• Chicago would get $1.1B in parking meter lease

• Study flunks 49 states in college affordability

National

• 2 arrested in alleged torture of teen, who escaped

• GM exec: Bankruptcy not an option for industry

• Gates: Military looks to accelerate Iraq pullout

  • US soldiers re-enlisting because of poor economy

  • Divorce rate increases in Marine Corps, Army

• China currency issue heating up on eve of US talks

• Auditors fault Treasury policing of bailout funds

• Besieged: Nixon saw enemies all around him

  • Insight: Nixon staffer memos

International

• Somali pirates: Arms ship to be freed in 2 days

  • Cruise ship passengers surprised by pirate attack

• Thai airports reopens after PM ousted by court

• Police find explosives at Mumbai train station

  • Rice arrives in India in wake of Mumbai attacks

• Nations sign cluster-bomb ban; US and Russia refuse

• Activists vows to protect whales from Japanese

Politics

• Obama to name Richardson for Commerce on Wednesday

  • Obama vows to help states weather economic woes

  • Bill Clinton: Hard for Hillary to give up Senate

• Congress eyes Big Three automakers' survival plans

ODD & Extraordinary

• Man accused of tossing Christmas tree at his dad

• Man jumps into cab of moving pickup to stop theft

• DUI suspect drives off with fuel hose in tank

• Cat lost in Yellowstone returned to Texas family

• Woman accused of stealing neighbor's decorations

• Man arrested for lighting grill in apartment

• Message in bottle tossed off N.J. in '69 found in N.C.

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Multitasking canola: A California miracle crop?

Entertainment, Entertainers and the Arts

• Grammy nominations hit prime-time with TV special

• Pitt hates the paparazzi, talking about his family

  • Families move into homes that Pitt built

• Madonna, a president and ex-rebel hostage meet

• NBC exec: 'Meet the Press' deal close for Gregory

• American folk music legend Odetta dies at 77

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