State

• Chicago-area cemetery where graves dug up reopens

National

• Man charged with raping, killing NC girl, 5

• Police seize more vids in Mo. sex abuse case

• Some lawmakers send few to academies

• Stem-cell debate unlikely to fade after Neb. vote

• University of Calif. approves big fee hikes

• Tiny Iowa town has the chargers, awaiting drivers

International

• Suicide bomber kills 16 in western Afghanistan

• Gunman opens fire on Saipan; 5 dead

• Pakistan: 8 militants killed in reported US strike

• Peruvian police: Gang killed people for their fat

• Top SKorean model found hanged in Paris apartment

•  Indian boy mirrors plight of millions of kids

• Italian prosecutors wrap up in Knox murder trial

• 6 world powers meet about Iran nuclear issue

• Floods devastate UK Lake District; Many rescued

• Russian ship frees itself from ice in Antarctic

Politics & Government

• Obama faces showdowns on health, Afghanistan, jobs

• White House at odds with bishops over abortion

• US envoy criticizes coverage of Obama China visit

• House moves to protect doctors from Medicare cuts

• US Panel sets fees for big firms, aims to slow Fed

• Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD

• GOP governors push for 2010 party rebirth

• Sources: Giuliani leaning toward run for US Senate

ODD & Extraordinary

• NY town decides to re-Christmas its holiday parade

• Person in chicken suit ruffles feathers in Colo.

• Man accused of squeegee attack at Ark. gas station

• Police: Man runs over light pole, punches officer

• Researchers: Ohio State lake jump a wee bit of fun

• Jury sides with NYC police in clown's lawsuit

• Man who claimed disability spotted on TV show

• Alleged burglar warms up bottle for crying baby

• Man who left wallet in bank robbery pleads guilty

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• End of an era: Oprah ending show after 25 years

• Heidi Klum wows crowd at Victoria's Secret show

Science, Technology & Environment

• Biologists save fish after landslide

• Astronauts get extra moving time at space station

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