State

• Democratic opposition to seating Burris cracks

• Calendar shows key Ill. gov. meetings

• Obama plays food critic on Chicago public TV

• Ill. workers who staged sit-in take further action

National

• State unemployment claim systems overwhelmed

• Spokane, Wash., residents cope with record snow

• Baby's corpse thrown out with N.J. hospital's trash

• Experts: Crosswinds a factor in Denver air crash

• Boy's 1999 disappearance raises questions, regrets

International

• Israel halts campaign for 3 hours to let in aid

• Russia stops all gas supply to Europe via Ukraine

• Transcript: Mumbai gunmen were commanded by phone

• US: Troops kill 32 insurgents in east Afghanistan

• Iraq sends 30,000 troops to guard Karbala pilgrims

• Hostages freed from pirates off Somalia, Nigeria

Politics

• Stimulus aside, Obama vows future budget restraint

• A rare gathering: Bush, Obama and 3 ex-presidents

ODD & Extraordinary

• Utah woman spends day stuck headfirst down vent

• 6-year-old takes family car after missing bus

• Father-son duo accused of gravestone robbing

• Neb. man sues ex-wife for putting recorder in toy

• Michigan city considers dyeing Saginaw River green

• Worker accidentally spills pills into cake batter

• Bummer: Man's bottom bared in Colo. ski-lift mishap

• Scorned ex posts vandalism photo on MySpace

• Lou the mule credited with saving woman from fire

• Fabulous fib is named Wis. club's top lie of 2008

Science, Technology & Environment

• Grand Canyon, Loch Ness compete as nature wonders

• Increase of sick brown pelicans baffles experts

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Busy Gupta performs brain surgery, reports for CNN

• Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck welcome 2nd daughter

• Small Fla. town embraces Travolta during tragedy

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