State

• Blagojevich attorneys pull out of Senate trial

• Ill. gov's former top fundraiser pleads guilty

National

• NYC investigators hunt for jet's lost engines

• Big chill: Blast of Arctic air stuns eastern US

• Martial artist accused of defacing Wash. Capitol

• Elderly couple missing from cruise ship in SoCal

• Wis. Wal-Mart reopens after suspicious odor scare

• Ind. teacher fired for taping shut student's mouth

• Deal reached on Flight 93 crash site in W. Pa.

• Wyeth's death reignites debate over his legacy

International

• Researcher: North Korea has `weaponized' plutonium

• Israel puts pressure on Hamas before truce vote

• Major troop decisions for Afghan war await Obama

  • Bomb kills 1 US service member, 4 Afghans in Kabul

• Report: Tamil rebels kill 51 Sri Lankan soldiers

• Trial opens for US suspect in Italy slaying

Politics

• Obama: Orderly change tribute to US

  • Inaugural history: The exuberant parade of 1905

• Sources: Obama ready to end harsh interrogations

• Stimulus plan repeals big tax break for banks

• Rice to meet with publishers about memoirs

ODD & Extraordinary

• Gov goes barefoot to spur group's shoe donations

• Cold feet? Couple marry outside on frigid night

• Woman allegedly wallops hockey player with stick

• Police seek gumball and candy machine thieves

• Neb. mother, daughter accused of forging checks

• NY man accused of stealing shark from pet store

• Woman allegedly hits man on scooter, goes to salon

• Shoplifter gets run over twice by her getaway car

• Komodo dragon in Va. bites the hand that feeds it

• Goose-icle! Frozen fowl rescued by police divers

• Nevada district board seat picked by luck of draw

Science, Technology & Environment

• Wind hampers effort to free endangered right whale

• NASA chief Griffin says goodbye to employees

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Oprah `disappointed' by debunked Holocaust story

• Swayze checks out of hospital, publicist says

• Bruce Springsteen's new disc gets NPR Web debut

• Nick Jonas on Sasha and Malia: 'Very sweet girls'

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