State

• 3 teens fatally shot on Chicago's South Side

• Ill. governor: Burris should resign from US Senate

  • US Sen. Roland Burris' chief of staff leaving job

• Illinois man convicted in 1985 murders released

National

• Louisville standoff ends when suspect shoots self

• Reports: Arrest close in slaying of Chandra Levy

• Official: Pentagon report defends Guantanamo

• Governor's winter meeting agenda: It's the economy

• End to Ariz. boy's homicide case relieves town

• Socks, the Clintons' White House cat, dies

International

• Report: NKorea may be ready to test-fire missile

• Clinton assures China on investments in US

• Pakistan: Mother of captive American issues appeal

• Soul of Rio's Carnival in informal street parties

Politics

• Obama: Tax cuts will be felt by April 1

• Obama nixes plan to tax motorists on mileage

• Analysis: Even military split over Iraq pullout

• Ex-President Bush, Laura Bush move to Dallas home

ODD & Extraordinary

• Iowa jail flushes plan to charge for toilet paper

• Cops clock man driving 137 mph in '93 Honda Civic

• Overdue library tome books Iowa woman jail time

• Spearers catch rare white sturgeon on the same day

• Rookie drug-sniffing dog helps find big pot stash

• Ex-Maytag repairman did less work than he claimed

• Romanian premier living in rented apartment

• Michigan man charged with swiping friend's urine

• Skunk stink shutters Pa. library for 2nd week

• Bang for his buck: Man sunk by gun in bag of coins

• Nebraska woman, 86, gets $1,000 phone sex bill

• Woman sues Santa, claiming he fell on top of her

• Michigan police Taser nude man outside church

• Girl, 15, turns in mom for allegedly smoking pot

• Inmate sues over alleged satanism interference

• Thief in central Maine targets old telephone poles

• Pa. allows carp to snack on bread at state park

• Mice overrun Fla. courthouse, fall from ceiling

Science, Technology & Environment

• NASA delays space shuttle launch a 4th time

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Conan says 'bye to New York with some old friends

• Rihanna won't discuss Chris Brown, but thanks fans

• Celebs party; Hugh Jackman promises a naked Oscars

• Ledger's Legacy: A new generation's James Dean?

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