National

• Health bill would cost $829B, help cover 94 pct

• White House weighs Pakistan's role in winning war

• AP sources: FBI eyes terror suspect's travel talk

• Geithner makes time to talk to Wall Street bankers

• Relatives question why state took kidnapped baby

• Father of Palin's grandson to pose for Playgirl

International

• Taliban claim Afghan bomb, say embassy was target

• Israeli foreign minister: No chance for peace deal

• Interim Honduran leader resists diplomats' pleas

• New quakes, small tsunami panic Pacific islanders

• US encounters stumbling blocks in training Afghans

• Berlusconi to defend himself on TV, in courtrooms

• Pakistani government defends US aid bill

• Widow asks Toyota to act quickly on floor mats

Politics & Government

• House-Senate panel offers plan for Gitmo detainees

• Senate approves apology to American Indians

• House taps foreign visitors for tourism program

• Labor nominee clears divided Senate panel

ODD & Extraordinary

• ND woman's 7-foot-long dog could be record-holder

• Defibrillator saves man who was shot in the chest

• Naked burglar breaks into home, cooks and showers

• Candidate puts rivals' names on tombstones in yard

• Ind. police: Woman texts about robbery opportunity

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Herta Mueller wins 2009 Nobel literature prize

• Filmmaker sues Chris Rock over 'Good Hair'

• Winans duo releases 1st gospel album in 15 years

• Alicia Keys gets down to business

• Miami's Bacardi buildings win historic protection

• Soprano Beverly Sills' art, jewelry for sale in NY

• Shelter dogs turn show biz in 'Dalmatians' musical

• Google book debate back to the drawing board

• Harvard acquires Updike archive

• Fashion, celebrity photographer Irving Penn dies

• Letterman threw spitballs from his own glass house 

• Newseum exhibit recreates Tim Russert's office

Science, Technology & Environment

• You can watch NASA give the moon a one-two punch

• Big dino prints found in Jurassic park in France

• NASA downgrades threat of large asteroid

• NASA telescope discovers giant ring around Saturn

• Study: Endangered AK beluga whale group declining

• FBI arrests dozens for 'phishing' ID theft scheme

• IBM snags 3 rail customers in software deal

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