State

• Chief says Chicago police are supported, motivated

National

• Rush is on to get rescue plan moving

  • Second stimulus:
    Tax rebate, food stamp money possible in aid plan

  • Ohio shooting puts face on foreclosure crisis

• 2 blazes in 2 days kill 7 in NYC; 4 are children

• Attorney: Marine fighting extradition from Mexico

• Columnist Paul Krugman wins Nobel economics prize

• Recovery, ruin visible in Texas a month after Ike

• Debt clock draws confused looks, anger or nothing

• Holocaust survivors tell love story

• Recall information

International

• Iraq calmer but copycat kidnappings spread

  • Iraq: Christian businessman killed in Mosul

• China dairy sued over infant's toxic milk death

• South Korea may expand projects with North Korea

• Russian leader Medvedev watches missile tests

• Norbert weakens to tropical depression over Mexico

• Kenya's elephants send text messages to rangers

• EU tells music lovers to turn down MP3 players

Election

• Independents split evenly between Obama and McCain

  • McCain vows to whip Obama's 'you know what'

  • Obama is asked about help for struggling families

• Schieffer set to moderate last McCain-Obama debate

• From Vogue to MTV, Palin drew press to Alaska

• Johnston speaks on Bristol Palin, Obama and baby

• Ousted safety commissioner: Palin image damaged

• Sen. Clinton praises Obama's stance on economy

• Biden decries 'unbecoming personal attacks'

ODD & Extraordinary

• Santas coming early to Indiana town to sign oath

• N.Y. grave of 1st Ellis Island immigrant gets marker

• Eating champ delivers top pizza performance in N.Y.

Science, Technology & The Environment

• Economic woes chill effort to stop global warming

• US game designer blasts into space with DNA cargo

Entertainment, Entertainers, and the Arts

• 'Chihuahua' fetches $17.5M to win another weekend

• All is forgiven; McCain returning to Letterman

• Lisa Marie Presley gives birth to twins

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