State

• Burris attending Obama speech to Congress

• Bail denied for Chicago lawyer in double slaying

• Chicago's top cop defies judges in abuse suit

National

• DA: Blanket is evidence Pa. boy planned to kill

• Battle over UBS secret accounts to take months

• Possible suspect in Levy death had troubled past

• Appeals court asked for sex-offender law rehearing

• Economy doesn't dampen Mardi Gras festivities

• Divers dodge gators, snakes tending to Fla. canals

• Issue of ceded lands comes to the fore in Hawaii

International

• Obama to meet with Japan Prime Minister Tara Aso

• North Korea says it is preparing satellite launch

• Taliban extend cease-fire in Pakistani valley

• Japan to pay 80,000 Afghanistan police salaries

• US official: Gaza reconstruction aid to top $900M

Politics

• Obama to address Congress, nation on economy

• Congress easing restrictions on Cuba travel

ODD & Extraordinary

• 50 jobs, 50 states in a year? Man gives it a try

• Man, woman arrested in Del. stabbing, shoplifting

• Street signs for Mullet Place keep disappearing

• N.Y. judge tosses case of protester's unthrown shoe

• Magpies reportedly build nest using scrap metal

• Cops: Man tries to steal laptop to check Facebook

• Identical twin brothers accused of robbery

• Florida nips fish pedicures in the bud

Science, Technology & Environment

• Beauty and the brain, women use more than men

• NASA global warming satellite has troubled launch

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• 'Slumdog' celebrations fill Mumbai's crowded slums

• Clooney meets with Obama to discuss Darfur trip

• Mystery ends as Agatha Christie's home opens doors

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