National

• Police: 2 adults, 2 children slain in Utah apt.

• Cops: Missing Utah mom's son confirms camping trip

• Calif. apartments evacuated as cliff crumbles

• Domestic violence victim granted asylum in US

• Fugitive US doc's trail ends with arrest in Italy

• Report: Death sentences decline; death rows shrink

  • Free after 35 years: DNA clears Florida inmate

• Turns out, sunshine states really are happiest

• What were they thinking? Let's review

International

• Police: Auschwitz 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign stolen

• Suicide bomber near Pakistan mosque kills 10

• Iran making new model centrifuges for nuke program

• Mumbai gunman recants confession, alleges torture

• Suspect faces prosecutors for Philippine massacre

• Afghan officials: Karzai to keep half his Cabinet

• Russia says arms deal with US could be near

• Hackers steal SKorean-US military secrets

Politics & Government

• Obama: Imperfect climate deal better than none

• It's now Democrat vs. Democrat on health care

• Wrap-up bill clears Senate hurdle

• Senator places hold on bill over custody battle

• Mullen in Iraq: US drawdown on schedule

• Adm. Mullen says hacked drones caused no damage

ODD & Extraordinary

• Ariz. teacher on leave for taking choir to Hooters

• Wis. cops have jolly good time in Christmas video

• Ill. library receives vinyl record 47 years late

• Pastor finds dynamite before Christmas party

• Mom sniffs out son's alleged stink-bomb plot

• Spanish dig to find Lorca's remains finds nothing

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• ABC newsman Charles Gibson's last day at work

• Clooney, Streep, Bullock among SAG Awards noms

• De Niro, DiCaprio to fete Scorsese at Globes

• Loretta Lynn feels 'great,' is recovering from flu

Science, Technology & Environment

• Monument lifted from Cleopatra's underwater city

• Obama, Wen offer no new emissions cuts at summit

• Robot records deepest erupting undersea volcano

• Acid oceans: the 'evil twin' of climate change

Today

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