State

• Blagojevich lawyer to submit Obama report to panel

• A 'Happy 200th Birthday' card is tough to find

• Lt. Gov.: Blagojevich out by Lincoln's 200th

• Streams rise in Midwest following stormy weather

National

• Nearly 200,000 without power in Michigan

• TVA to test water wells, air purity near ash slide

• Police officer deaths drop in 2008, groups say

• Study: Murders among black youths on the rise

• Oldest man in the US dies in Sacramento at 112

• Polar plunge fundraisers proliferate

• Recall information

International

• Israeli assault targets symbols of Hamas power

  • Israeli foreign minister defends military strikes

• Pakistan army: We must 'avoid conflict' with India

• Suicide bombings kill 5 in Afghanistan

• Somalia's president quits after 4 years in office

• Guinea coup leaders demote all generals

• Pro-Thaksin protesters ring Thai Parliament

Politics

• Rice: Obama election encourages people worldwide

  • Obama adviser: Slowing economy won't halt tax cuts

• Mrs. Bush, Rice: Bush presidency not a failure

  • First lady says shoe-throwing an assault

• After 30 years, John Warner exits Senate at peace

ODD & Extraordinary

• NYC man sells bubbly calendars for popping fans

• Plane accidentally starts with girl, 6, inside

• Had a bad year? '08 memories get shredded in NYC

• Man spends days unnoticed in Pa. family's attic

• Calif. family finds $10,000 in box of crackers

• Sen. Craig restroom tanking as tourist destination

Science, Technology & Environment

• Navy, environmentalists settle sonar lawsuit

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Movie crowds adopt 'Marley' with $37M weekend

• Anger, sadness over fabricated Holocaust story

• Politicians prize late-night and comedy show appearances

• Wasserman, 'Man of La Mancha' writer, dies at 94

• Hoffman, Hopper among Critics' Choice presenters

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