State

• Critics bash Quinn on early release of inmates

• Illinois prison to get Gitmo detainees

• Feds: Chicago suspect knew of Mumbai attack

• Anonymous donors take care to hide their identity

• Cellist Yo-Yo Ma named to new post at Chicago Symphony Orchestra

National

• Fetus found in gift box, Texas couple charged

• Woods speaks of family values in interview

• 'No sign' of 2 missing Mount Hood climbers

• Husband of missing Utah woman retains attorney

• Falling-TV deaths remain concern even amid LCD fad

• Report: Doctor being investigated in PED probe

• Female vets face homelessness, dearth of services

• Detroit artists use city's blight as their canvas

• 50 million blinds recalled as strangulation hazard

International

• Blast kills 22 near lawmaker's home in Pakistan

• Afghan official: 8 killed in suicide bombing

• 20,000 evacuated as Philippine volcano oozes lava

• Harassment across Arab world drives women inside

• China calls Uighurs seeking asylum 'criminals'

• Berlusconi joins long list of targeted politicians

• Australian government to introduce Internet filter

Politics & Government

• Obama to work to solidify support for health bill

• Obama touting home energy-efficiency program

• Obama implores top bankers to increase lending

• Feds eye NY trial for Gitmo suspect

• Vermont AG seeks clues on dairy monopoly claims

• Schwarzenegger says go carefully on climate change

ODD & Extraordinary

• Big bird gets talon caught in DC Metro escalator

• Texas police arrest intruder suspect as he bathed

• Germans flee into container after wild boar scare

• Cops: Man accused of rifle attack after drunk ride

• Police: Mass. suspect mutilated fingers to hide ID

• The North Face files lawsuit against parody

• 1881 gold coin found in Conn. donation kettle

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Sports Illustrated puts Stephen Colbert on cover

• The buddy cop genre lives again on 'NCIS' spinoff

• Grizz Chapman of '30 Rock' needs kidney transplant

• Golden Globe picks help sort out Oscar prospects

Science, Technology & Environment

• Feds to spend $13M to fight Asian carp invasion

• US-China showdown looms over climate talks

• New species of coral, sponges found near Hawaii

• Gore: Polar ice may vanish in 5-7 years

• Aussie scientists find coconut-carrying octopus

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