State

• Gas line explodes at Ill. factory; debris kills 1

• Chicago terrorism suspect charged in Mumbai attack

National

• Fierce snowstorm gains strength after hitting West

• Police find body of Wis. man wanted in 4 homicides

• Ohio killer awaits 1st US 1-drug lethal injection

• Fire dept.: Medics went to Tiger Woods' complex

  • Trooper sought blood results after Woods crash

• Groups try simple steps to avoid hospital rebound

• US plan for wild horse roundup faces opposition

International

• Coordinated blasts hit Baghdad, kill at least 103

• Police: Attack on Pakistan intel office kills 12

• 8 killed, 26 injured in school stampede in China

• Afghan leader: Help needed to pay for larger army

• Afghan gov't says NATO attack killed 6 civilians

• Iran threatens tougher action against protesters

• Coroner: Self-help course led to woman's suicide

• Suspect in Nazi trial admits killings

Politics & Government

• Obama envoy begins rare trip to NKorea

• Obama looks at highways, small biz in jobs plan

• Watered-down 'public plan' emerges in Senate

• Congress wants general to explain war exit plan

• Shoals still in path of Wall Street regulations

• Feds ask for power to oversee rail transit safety

• Court takes on federal anti-fraud law

• Mass. voters taking 1st step to fill Kennedy seat

ODD & Extraordinary

• Tenn. man says cows licked $100 in damage to house

• Woman sues Northwest Airlines over knee injury

• Neighbors say house still reeks even after cleanup

• Scantily-clad 'David' decked out as St. Nick

• Pa. police: Girl, 13, led high-speed car chase

• Iowa Kmart workers open tin can, find $10,000

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• 'Family Ties' actor arrested after Colo. assault

• Letterman jokes about Tiger on the 'Late Show'

• ABC says Sawyer's last 'GMA' broadcast Friday

• NBC sends Lauer, Roker to Afghanistan

• Wiig to host 'SNL' Christmas special as Gilly

Science, Technology & Environment

• Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship

• UN: 2000-2009 likely warmest decade on record

• Nobel winners helped by independence, coffee

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