State

• Ill. governor's lawyer: I might sue to stop trial

• Blagojevich tells AP that strain is like Pearl Harbor

• Top Democratic consultant on FBI Blagojevich tapes

National

• Security tape shows plane's Hudson River landing

• Texas fire destroys 7 homes, forces evacuations

• Ky. high school coach charged in player's death

• Police: VaTech grad student knew suspected killer

• Suspect arrested in burning death of L.A. vagrant

• Rally marks Roe v. Wade anniversary, new president

• 'English First' proposal defeated in Nashville

International

• Guns silent as Gaza edges back to normalcy

• Report: Ex-Gitmo detainee joins al-Qaida in Yemen

• 3 dead, 10 wounded in Belgium day care stabbings

Politics

• Obama breaks from Bush and orders Gitmo to close

• Obama, lawmakers to meet on economic stimulus

• Senate passes wage discrimination bill

• Senate OKs several Obama nominees, waits on others

• Dems pass tax breaks in committee

• Senate nears deal to delay digital TV transition

• Aide: Paterson picks Gillibrand as next N.Y. senator

ODD & Extraordinary

• Pa. man considered bank error 'a gift from God'

• Man, 83, misses bus after dancing with young women

• Angry customer rammed Pa. bank with pickup

• N.C. campus cops arrest student in snowball melee

• N.Y. landlord fined for removing tenant's toilet

• Man admits sending 'monkey out of cage' message

• Texas girls hoops team seeks forfeit of 100-0 win

• Broken windshield helps house cleaner win jackpot

• Pa. pet groomer charged with piercing kittens

• Neb. lottery numbers drawn twice in row

Science, Technology & Environment

• Science finds 3 fishes are 1

• Japan launches rocket with greenhouse-gas probe

• 45 sperm whales beached off Australian island

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• 'Button' rules Oscars, Batman's a bridesmaid

• Ledger's family 'proud and excited' by Oscar nod

• India celebrates 10 'Slumdog' Oscar nominations

• Actors union loses support for strike vote

• Lost Mendelssohn works airing before 200th b-day

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