State

• Burris set to replace Obama in Senate today

• Blagojevich gets cold reception in Senate

• Shots fired at Chicago school bus; 2 students hurt

National

• Bone-chilling temperatures settle over East

• Investor's troubles mount as federal charges filed

• Murder charges dropped in Idaho girl's snowy death

• Firefighters mull letting homeowners fight flames

• In Hawaii, the doctor is always in -- online

• Families await sharpest tuition increases in years

• IRS expands free online filing program

• Atheists want God stricken from inaugural oath

International

• Israeli forces shell UN headquarters in Gaza

• Top Afghan army general killed in chopper crash

• Report: N. Korea's Kim taps 3rd son as successor

  • Hill says N. Korea nuclear talks have made progress

• Pakistan detains dozens allegedly linked to Mumbai

• White House: Audiotape shows bin Laden is isolated

Politics

• Obama awaits vote in Senate for $350B bailout

• Children's health debate moves to Senate

• Bush set to say farewell to the nation

• Carter still active 30 years after Camp David

ODD & Extraordinary

• Police: Pa. couple spent windfall from bank error

• Burglar caught after cops post footage on Facebook

• Gun goes off in Utah restroom, shatters toilet

• Dad accused of hiring hitman to beat his daughter

• Police say N.J. man posed as female veterinarian

• Cops recognize robbery suspect at police station

• Pittsburgh mayor changes name to Steelerstahl

• Robber mistakes building for a bank, demands cash

• Mass. man shot twice in year at same pizza place

• Feces-throwing monkey on the loose in Tampa Bay

• Goats blamed for starting house fire in Iowa

• Peru court rules city was wrong to fire drunk maid

Science, Technology & Environment

• Space shuttle Discovery readies for Feb. launch

• Alaska plans to sue over beluga whale protection

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• 'Slumdog' leads field for British Academy awards

• Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser teaming up for film

• Run-DMC, Metallica lead list of 2009 Rock Hall

• Sharon Osbourne wins libel damages from UK tabloid

• Ricardo Montalban dies at age 88

• 'Prisoner' actor Patrick McGoohan dies in L.A.

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