State

• Budget decisions could fuel political backlash

• United flight makes emergency stop in Iceland

National

• Family of captured soldier wants privacy in ordeal

• Fla. officials to talk to 3 in slain couple case

• Defense unsure if evangelist Alamo will testify

• 2nd of 3 Indiana prison escapees captured

• Texas town prepares for protests in dragging case

• Black scholar's arrest raises profiling questions

• Ala. city plows beneath Indian site for Sam's Club

• Auction set to begin for Watergate Hotel in DC

• Montana resident now world's oldest man

International

• 13 die as Taliban bombers attack 2 Afghan cities

• Military: 50 dead in clashes in northwest Pakistan

• Police detain 17 suspects in Freeport killings

• Is Myanmar going nuclear?

  • Muslim woman to be flogged in Malaysia over beer

• Australian FM hopes to discuss Rio case with China

• Japan PM dissolves parliament, calls elections

• Uproar in India after former president frisked

Politics & Government

• Obama challenges GOP critics on health care

  • Obama refuses to rule out surtax for health care

• AP sources: Gov't delays terror policy reports

• STIMULUS WATCH: Foreign firms eye Obama rail plan

• Senate takes up concealed weapons measure

• Senate heads toward vote on F-22 jets

• Bernanke preps for hot seat on bailouts, recovery

• Report: Agency withheld distracted driver research

• California hopes to end IOUs with budget agreement

ODD & Extraordinary

• Same-name couple to wed after Facebook meeting

• Little helpers' wedding opens Santa Congress

• Popular San Diego seals win reprieve from governor

• Marshmallow 'moon' marks NASA anniversary

• Grandchildren left in car while Fla. woman gambled

• Thieves target mourners at California graveyard

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Tyler Perry treats Philly kids to Disney World

• Jackson's father suggests foul play in son's death

  • Sony bids $50 million for Jackson rehearsal film

• Chris Brown apologizes for Rihanna beating

Science, Technology & Environment

• NASA images show Jupiter apparently hit by object

• Spacewalk No. 2 unfolds on 40th moon anniversary

  • Obama meets astronauts; no promise of moon or Mars

• NOAA chief says new ocean uses creating conflicts

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