State

• Burglars hit offices of Blagojevich's legal team

• Decision soon on closing lock to stop Asian carp

• Police: Chicago schools official not crime victim

National

• 1 killed, 2 injured in Texas refinery accident

• Police search for Wis. father linked to 4 slayings

• Ind. teen charged, his parents grieve slain son

• Man reported car problems just before 4-dead crash

• Brooke Astor's son: I'm too sick to be imprisoned

• Va. Tech report: Staff warned their families 1st

• Colorado State University bans guns on campus

International

• Death toll in Russian nightclub fire reaches 109

• Little resistance in new US-Afghan offensive

• Philippines arrests clan chief, declares emergency

• Report: NKorea orders soldiers to shoot defectors

• Victim's family 'satisfied' with Knox conviction

• Official: Iran needs 20 enrichment sites

• Work gives Afghan women hope amid security worries

Politics & Government

• Obama: Efforts aimed at economy's long-term health

• Obama shifts Copenhagen trip as prospects brighten

• Senate takes aim at insurance executive pay

ODD & Extraordinary

• Chicken stuffed with cocaine is recipe for arrest

• Woman using man's ski pass claims sex change

• Fla. Gov. Crist sent callers to telephone sex line

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Tom Brokaw unhurt in NY highway wreck that kills 1

• Polanski's house arrest is a splendid captivity

• Nicolas Cage wins UN award for humanitarian work

• Copy of Poe's 1st book sells for $662K in NYC

Science, Technology & Environment

• Study: Slowdown in warming last year not permanent

• Forest-saving deal could lift climate summit hopes

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