State

• Man pleads not guilty to Hudson family killings

• Police departments look for more fuel-cutting cars

National

• Left engine of US Airways jet still missing in NYC

• Grand jury: Ind. man deliberately crashed plane

• Authorities think money manager planned to vanish

• Mich. police: Boy, 8, spent 10 days with dead mom

• Woman escapes oncoming subway train in Washington

• Police: Bomb threat on N.J. turnpike not credible

International

• Israeli completes Gaza troop pullout

  • Israel to probe white phosphorus use in Gaza

• Iraq willing to see US troops leave early

• US investigates Afghan civilian deaths claim

• Health Ministry: 2 Indonesians died of bird flu

Politics

• Obama to begin workaday task of governing nation

  • Obama poised to put imprint on Iraq, Afghan wars

  • Poll: 3 out of 4 people more optimistic with Obama

• Senate action expected on Clinton, other nominees

• Enthusiastic crowds welcome Bush back to Texas

ODD & Extraordinary

• Man found burned in apartment with no sign of fire

• Man swaps empty lobster shell for crab legs

• Ind. man, 72, shaves shaggy eyebrows for charity

• Man wins Austrian luxury villa in unusual raffle

• Cow knocks over woman on bike, steps on her legs

• Where's the cocaine? In the beef!

• Mayor denies kissing ban, invites all to pucker up

• Gallery devoted to presidential losers grows by 1

• N.C. man gets $35,000 for Bush library domain name

• 'Jaws of life' stolen from Ala. fire department

Science, Technology & Environment

• Weather too hazardous to free entangled whale

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• On sidelines or stage, celebrities out for Obama

• Polanski lawyer wins stay of L.A. court hearing

• Attorney: Ledger drug tape case over

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