State

• FBI tapes played for Illinois impeachment trial

• Ulysses Grant's papers move from Illinois school

National

• Storm may leave thousands in darkness for days

• Letter offers clues to death of 5 kids, 2 adults

• Jurors weep at details of 'Baby Grace' torture

• Wind power hits economic storm

• US roads, water and basic systems earn D grade

• Fed in uncharted waters, eyes new tools

• Restaurant workers tell boss: It's on the house

International

• Israeli warplanes pound Gaza smuggling tunnels

• Iran wants 'profound changes' in US policy

• China detains 81 people in Tibet crackdown: media

• Japan orders ships sent to fight Somali pirates

Politics

• Obama to hear advice of service chiefs on Iraq

• Congress missed SEC napping on Madoff

• Boehner: Stimulus bill contains too much spending

  • American Indians could reap almost $3B in stimulus

ODD & Extraordinary

• Firefighter suspended from band over nod to Obama

• Mexicans use voodoo to help team beat the US

• Woman runs stop sign, crashes during driving test

• NYC woman denied job as bikini-clad barmaid sues

• Suspect gets 3 bites from police dog, 2 Taser zaps

• Oregon man accused of stealing beer at gunpoint

• Woman arrested for teaching kids how to shoplift

• NYC tourists displayed in hotel room behind glass

• Fla. firefighter charged for taking severed foot

• Employees, patron use serving spoon to subdue robber

Science, Technology & Environment

• Rare 1,800-year-old figurine found in Jerusalem

• Snowy owls swoop southward, delighting birders

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Rock fans head to Iowa to recall day music died

• Digital delay a relief to TV networks

• Springsteen announces world tour

• John Updike, prize-winning writer, dead at age 76

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