State

• Black ministers may rethink backing Sen. Burris

• Octuplets' grandfather: Daughter 'irresponsible'

National

• Medics describe horror of Conn. chimp attack

• Details of Arizona boy's case may never be known

• Small-town sheriff helps Mo. inmate win freedom

• LaHood eyes taxing miles driven

• Gov. Schwarzenegger to sign budget-balancing bill

• NY Post apologizes -- to some -- over Obama cartoon

• US wants Swiss bank UBS to identify tax dodgers

International

• Obama tells Canada he favors free trade

• Frenetic Clinton hits Asia running

• Israel's Peres: Netanyahu will form new government

• Bomb kills 28 at Shiite funeral in Pakistan

• US: Kyrgyz base not 'closed issue'

• Russia the silent presence at NATO talks

• Report: Shark attacks worldwide dropped in 2008

Politics

• Clinton to Obama: Talk optimistically on economy

• Clyburn: Opposition to stimulus is slap in face

ODD & Extraordinary

• Police: Doughnut shop worker slashes man's tires

• Pa. plumber cops plea in pilfered pipes case

• Police find more than 80 cats in soiled Okla. home

• Woman OK after bullet ends up in her hair weave

• ACLU lawsuit contends Pa. man free to choose hell

• Gospel singer's wife accused of arson

• Candy wrapper trail fingers Fla. burglary suspects

Science, Technology & Environment

• Reid pushing for climate change bill

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Heath Ledger's family celebrates his Oscar nod

• 'Slumdog' child actors will attend Oscars in L.A.

• Hollywood producers give new offer to actors guild

• Placido Domingo wins $1M Nilsson Prize for opera

• Baboons, colons, sieves vie for odd-book prize

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