State

• Ill. gov.'s brother: Up to 50 calls could be taped

• Homeless agency fires Illinois first lady

• Illinois moment of silence ruled unconstitutional

• Chicago cop pleads guilty to towing shakedown

• Bus driver guilty of braking hard to throw kids

National

• Possible bird found in airliner engine

• Fire burns NYC hospital's ER; 600 patients moved

• Palin to news organizations: Leave my kids alone

• Survey: Politics, money concern college freshmen

• Va. Tech stabbing suspect charged with murder

• Man who shot, killed 2 outside Texas bar executed

• Beanie Babies maker sells Sasha, Malia dolls

International

• 2 condemned to death for role in China milk crisis

• Pakistan arrests man linked to 2005 London bombs

• Foreign and Afghan troops kill 28 militants

• UN humanitarian chief tours Gaza destruction

• Argentine prez: Fidel Castro 'believes in Obama'

Politics

• Obama to spend 2nd full day on foreign affairs

  • Obama tasks Clinton to step up US diplomacy

  • Obama recovery plan advancing through House panels

  • Obama takes presidential oath again after stumble

• LaHood: Spending stimulus wisely a top priority

• Kennedy cites 'personal reasons' for ending bid

• Sen. Kennedy released from hospital after seizure

ODD & Extraordinary

• Family tells police their teen broke into church

• Lucky fan wins $1M after goal scored at 10:00 mark

• Dog-gone-it! Man loses dog, river swallows car

• Texas boys find 95-year-old's long-lost class ring

• Buried box yields Texas treasures after hurricane

• Job seeker accused of robbing Subway restaurant

• Woman says she was told to use iPod to pay cabbie

• Fleeing suspect picks the wrong place to hide

• Man crashes into truck, business, fence and tree

Science, Technology & Environment

• Scientist: New fault could mean major Ark. temblor

• Texas wrestles with science standards, evolution

• Study: Antarctica joins rest of globe in warming

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Batman & Bollywood? Oscars eye 'Knight,' 'Slumdog'

• Springsteen says music can influence society

• Nearly 38 million people watched inauguration

• FBI didn't keep tabs on comedian Carlin's 7 words

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