State

• Obama fundraiser, convicted of fraud, spills beans

National

• OJ Simpson seeks new robbery trial in Las Vegas

• Vultures circle Wall Street, but hesitate to feed

  • Stocks got slammed, but was it a `crash'?

• Homeless man dies after being set ablaze in LA

• Court makes Conn. 3rd state to allow gay marriage

• Man dies after balloon crashes in flames in N.M.

• Wyo. town reflects 10 years after Shepard's murder

• For military, bad economy aids recruiting

International

• World powers pledge to combat credit crisis

• Pirates threaten to blow up arms-laden ship

• Hurricane Norbert strengthens to Category 3 storm

• Diplomats: North Korea coming off terror blacklist

  • North Korea releases pictures of Kim Jong Il

• Japanese businessman in murder plot found dead

• Austrian rightist leader Joerg Haider dead at 58

Election

• Report stings Palin over Troopergate flap

• McCain booed after trying to calm anti-Obama crowd

• Leading in polls, Obama plays it safe

ODD & Extraordinary

• Cambodian couple saw house in half in divorce

• Russia's Putin gets tiger cub for his birthday

• Fake realtor rented out unknowing owner's NY home

• Dog dies after saving man in Trinidad from fire

• What happens after you flush? RI offers new tour

• Woman, 72, moves after finding snakes in apartment

• Woman accused of serving pot-laced cake to guest

• Man wins $200K in Powerball twice in same year

• Legislators pick `Moby-Dick' as Mass. `epic novel'

Science, Technology & The Environment

• NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009

• Tropical species also threatened by climate change

Entertainment, Entertainers, and the Arts

• Tim Robbins gets star of Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Cloris Leachman named Rose Parade grand marshal

•  `Paparazzo' may be bad word in Reeves case

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