State

• Chicago schools president's death ruled suicide

• Judge tells Chicago to let students transfer

• Power broker dropped as defendant from Blago trial

• FBI watched Studs Terkel for decades, file shows

National

• Body of missing NC girl found; 2 facing charges

• Lawyer: Woman will enter guilty plea in Smart case

• Soldier mom refuses deployment to care for baby

• Rally at Cleveland bodies house thanks coroner

• Microsoft co-founder Allen treated for lymphoma

International

• Czechs celebrate fall of communism 20 years ago

• Iraq's Kurds threaten to boycott elections

• Afghanistan, Iraq among the world's most corrupt

• Lingering effects of Baghdad blasts on Iraqis

• Iran says UN watchdog has cleared nuclear program

• 90-year-old charged in Germany for Nazi-era crimes

• Somali pirates hijack ship, 28 North Korean crew

• Cruise ship with 100 tourists stuck in Antarctica

Politics & Government

• Obama, Hu vow cooperation but produce few deals

• Palin talks politics, family ahead of book release

• Ex-BofA exec says had no role in Merrill bonuses

• AP IMPACT: Tobacco execs quickly find tax loophole

• Millions will have to repay part of tax credit

• CAPITAL CULTURE: Sotomayor adds celebrity to court

ODD & Extraordinary

• 'Unfriend' is US dictionary's 2009 word of the year

• Man carrying $600 pinched for alleged pencil theft

• Overdue library books returned half-century later

• Turkey on NJ Turnpike causes havoc, evades capture

• Officials find potatoes disguised as chocolates

• Idaho boy, 11, shoots black bear on family's porch

• Eek! Rats giving RI Statehouse staffers a scare

• Police: Man upset over ticket phoned trooper's mom

• 5 allegedly try to rob Nev. bank with fake warrant

• Ohio police: Repo man struck by repossessed car

• Rotting deer carcasses in Pa. yard raise stink

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• The semifinals are on! 4 compete on 'Dancing'

• Thousands cheer stars of 'Twilight' sequel in LA

Science, Technology & Environment

• In-orbit inspection scheduled for space shuttle

• Twitter to overhaul user list seen as partisan

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