State

• Doctor pleads guilty to hiding $3M from IRS

National

• Ala. man kills at least 9, including 4 relatives

• Snow closes businesses, highways in upper Midwest

• Drug smugglers using ultralights to cross border

• Proposal to strike 'marriage' from California law

• Octuplets' mom readying move, babies' homecoming

• 'Sex-y' sermons cause stir in rural Alabama

• Museum reveals engraving hidden in Lincoln watch

• Report: Happier, healthier in the West

International

• At least 10 killed in German school shooting

• Top US, China diplomats work to smooth relations

• China pillories US over Tibet, extends travel ban

• N. Korea accuses Obama's government of interference

• Ohio retiree charged for time as Nazi camp guard

Politics & Government

• Obama to sign spending bill, push for new rules

• Official: Seattle police chief to be drug czar

• Prez adviser: Gov't. not overwhelmed by bad economy

ODD & Extraordinary

• Police: Would-be burglar stuck in Georgia store

• Cops: Mass. woman steals new mom's purse for crack

• Police: Man driving with 3 tires charged with DUI

• Man says he moved pot plants to keep burglars away

• S.C. pastor charged with setting fire at his church

• Couple asks wedding guests for streetcar donations

• Deputy in undies helps track down drunk driver

• N.Y. assemblyman wants to tax patrons of strip bars

• S.C. man escapes from burning tanning bed

• Calif. court upholds rejection of blood contract

• Barter deal: Work on apartment, get free funeral

• Police seize 1,200 pounds of pot in spinach cans

• Pet store expects fish shipment, but gets corpse

Science, Technology & Environment

• Whale shark saved in Philippines, may be smallest

• Scientists use sedation to free entangled whale

• Ancient golden jewelry found in Egyptian tomb

• Spacewalking astronauts tidy up, tackle chores

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Adam Lambert astonishes 'American Idol' judges

• Tom Brokaw will hit the road to report on economy

• Can NASA take a joke? Try space station Colbert

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