State

• Winter's here, yet Illinois corn harvest drags on

• Lawyer: Blagojevich would take 5th in casino suit

National

• Ind. teen charged with strangling brother, 10

• NYC trial ending for man accused of judge threats

• Oregon tree hunters tell of 2 nights stuck in snow

• NJ woman who dodged foreclosure locked out of home

• Maine jail frees wrong inmate named Ismail

International

• Suicide attackers kill 35 at Pakistan mosque

• Somali militant group denies role in suicide bomb

• Analysis: 'Not Iraq:' 1 surge doesn't fit all

• Official says Iran to limit cooperation with IAEA

• Italian jury begins deliberations in Knox trial

• United Nations to probe climate e-mail leak

• Nepal holds highest Cabinet meeting at Mount Everest

Politics & Government

• Obama, lawmakers target bailout fund for jobs bill

• Dems seeking compromise on public insurance option

• House votes to extend tax on wealthy estates

• Lawmakers demand testimony by WH social secretary

• Fort Hood unit to deploy despite losing soldiers

• Clinton says allies can help turn the Afghan tide

• Few concerns as US-Russian nuclear treaty expires

• Sarah Palin's fans push for 2012 presidential run

ODD & Extraordinary

• What do cats do home alone? Cat cams have answers

• Police: Bubble gum bandits walk, talk and steal

• Would-be thief sends merciful NY store owner $50

• Police: Man hides in Ala. Walmart, takes cash

• Ohio police say man tried to take their candy bars

• Fla. teen allegedly attacks dad for loud snoring

• Britain pulls the plug on UFO reports

• Iowa woman accused of shoplifting 418 items

• Texas couple say hen laid egg with cross on it

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• 'Monk' star Shalhoub calls finale very satisfying

• Jack Nicholson among 15 named to NJ Hall of Fame

• Affleck, Holmes, Stewart, Fanning join Sundance

• Roman Polanski begins house arrest in Gstaad

Science, Technology & Environment

• Samoan tsunami wave was 46 feet high

• Hot water for the Twalas, hot debate at Copenhagen

• Global warming may require higher dams, stilts

• NASA puzzled why parachutes failed in rocket test

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