State

• 6-year-old Chicago boy left sleeping on school bus

• Many Ill. voters resigned to political corruption

National

• Safety investigators look for birds on radar again

  • Plane's recorders support hero pilot's story

• Parts of monster truck examined after boy's death

• Regulators were warned about parachuting financier

• Financial burden of homeownership spread unequally

• Gitmo war court back for what may be last session

• Future of abstinence-only funding is in limbo

• Mich. dad told to pay for child's birth or wed mom

• Recall information

  • Some Little Debbie products join snack food recall

International

• Israel to pull out of Gaza by Obama inauguration

  • Saudi Arabia pledges $1 billion to rebuild Gaza

• N. Korean media renew threats against S. Korea

• Suicide attack near US base kills 1 Afghan

• Iraqi shoe thrower to seek Swiss asylum: lawyer

• Top Shiite cleric urges Iraqis to vote on Jan. 31

Politics

• Obama says he's hopeful despite challenges

  • Obama honors war dead at Arlington, attends church

  • Obamas, Bidens enjoy Lincoln Memorial concert

  • On historic steps, Obama's rise celebrated in song

  • Obama builds collegial relationship with Congress

• Speaker Pelosi differs from Obama on taxes, probes

ODD & Extraordinary

• Illinois man crowned king of Elvis impersonators

• Police: Woman goes to hair appointment after crash

• Texas madam gets place among city leaders

Science, Technology & Environment

• Last year ranked in top 10 for heat

• Science vs. emotion in N.J.'s river dolphins debate

• Beekeepers fear sting of imported Australian hives

• Researchers find Moors built with powdered bones

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Philadelphia museum receives 'Big' musical gift

• Salman Rushdie reflects on 20-year-old fatwa

• 'Lost in Space' actor Bob May dies at 69 in Calif.

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