State

• Calls to impeach embattled Illinois governor grow

  • Did Obama team have contact with Ill. governor?

  • Report: Jackson backers sought cash for Ill. gov.

  • Ill. governor parlor game: Psychotic or political?

    • Financially 'struggling' gov had big legal bills

    • Patti Blagojevich's family rallies to her defense

  • Ill. gov. mess puts attorney general in spotlight

• Ill. contenders for Senate seat walking fine line

National

• Bailout dead, automakers in search of a lifeline

• Marines defend decision-making leading up to crash

• Driving continues to decline as gas prices drop

  • Auto deaths down 10 percent so far this year

• After-school cuts stir fears of kids home alone

• 2 suspects indicted in East Texas dragging death

International

• Brown: EU leaders back $267B economy stimulus

• Japan announces new economic stimulus package

• 6 alleged Islamic extremists charged in Belgium

• Brutal Afghan fight earns soldiers 10 Silver Stars

• General says Iraq work far from over

• Vatican issues major new bioethics document

Politics

• Analysis: Not so fast, Mr. President-elect

• Obama dog will face tough job requirements

ODD & Extraordinary

• Aw, nuts. Why won't my car start?

• OMG: Russia entrepreneur looks for $$$ from ;-)

• Mom, why is there a hawk in the house?

• Cops follow snow tracks, make pizza theft arrests

• Co. buys back Bush library domain name for $35K

• Neighbors settle 16-month cat custody battle

• An Italian solution: Parmesan for the needy

• Man sprays 'toilet-papering' teens with fox urine

• Fla. mom swindles church with sick kid story

• Alleged shoplifter waits over 3 hours for police

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Bush revises protections for endangered species

• Commission agrees to cut tuna catches in Pacific

• Study: Elephants live longer in wild than in zoos

• Greenhouse gases warming North America unevenly

Entertainment, Entertainers and the Arts

• Chris Brown named artist of the year by Billboard

• Golden Globe surprises and snubs

• A friendlier McCain visit with David Letterman

• WALL-E director celebrates a week of kudos

• Best-selling books -- Publishers Weekly

• Solzhenitsyn site opens on late writer's birthday

• 1950s pinup model Bettie Page dies in L.A. at 85

• Culkin's sister killed after struck by car

• Celebrities, music stars hosting inaugural ball

Today

• This day in history

• The nation's weather

  • Ice storm cuts off power to hundreds of thousands