State

• Prospect of impeachment now looms over Blagojevich

  • Ill. clerks: No money left for a special election

  • Illinois governor's links to union questioned

  • Illinois governor hires a courtroom bulldog

  • Wife of Illinois governor apologizes to neighbors

• No respite as wintry storms spread over nation

National

• Calif. storm collapses school roof, snarls travel

• Judge sentences Hollywood private eye to 15 years

• Serious flaw in Internet Explorer not fixed yet

• A short-form application for big bailout bucks

• Court allows lawsuits over 'light' cigarettes

International

• Police find dynamite at Paris department store

• Official: Shoe-thrower in Iraqi judicial custody

• Pakistan: US missile strike suspected in 2 deaths

• 100 arrested in raids to thwart Mafia regrouping

• Mexican drug smugglers pose top crime threat

  • US anti-kidnapping expert abducted in Mexico

Politics

• Pelosi sees stimulus of about $600 billion

  • US deficit would top $1 trillion with new method

• Sources: Obama chooses Chicago schools chief

• Rice: Bush approach best to achieve Mideast peace

• N.Y. governor: Caroline Kennedy wants Senate seat

ODD & Extraordinary

• 4-year-old tot breaks into Texas variety store

• Browns fan facing penalty for unregistered couch

• Sheboygan staged shootout turns a bit too real

• Another Florida man accused of sandwich assault

• Emer the errant emu found safe after a month trip

• Man accused of stealing fridge with urine samples

• Arkansas woman says dog saved her life

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Over 2T tons of ice melted in arctic since '03

• Saturn moon Titan may have active ice volcanoes

• Rare New Mexico fish to swim free in Texas

Entertainment, Entertainers and the Arts

• 'American Idol' tweaks hit format for 8th season

• Tom Cruise taking risk with Nazi film 'Valkyrie'

  • Cruise says he regrets 'glib' outburst on 'Today'

• Dennis Quaid, wife, settle with hospital

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