State

• Al-Qaida sleeper agent to be sentenced in Ill.

National

• Feds: Leader of radical Islam group killed in raid

• 4 charged in alleged gang rape of California girl

• Too fat to kill? Fla. man uses weight as a defense

• San Francisco drivers face day 2 of tough commute

• Jurors: Birmingham, Ala., mayor took bribes

• FAA: Military should have been told sooner

• Storm dumps snow on Rockies, plains; more forecast

• Wisconsin farmer promotes 'good-food revolution'

International

• British navy finds missing couple's empty yacht

• Car bomb in crowded Pakistan market kills 105

• UN re-evaluates Afghan mission after bloody attack

• Ahmadinejad says West now cooperating with Iran

• AP interview: Cuba FM says ready for talks with US

• Zimbabwe deports UN investigator to South Africa

Politics & Government

• Obama considering scaled-down Afghan war plan

• Obama seeks new powers to dismantle nonbank firms

• Obama revives military trials at Guantanamo

• Obama honors fallen Americans at Dover

• Stimulus jobs overstated by thousands

• Pelosi hopes new health plan is poised to pass

• Clinton, Pakistani students in lively exchange

ODD & Extraordinary

• Bigfoot hunters turn to rugged W.Va. wilderness

• Sleepy Hollow church: No Halloween-themed weddings

• Police: Man claimed God told him to steal car

• Iowa cops nab 'permanent marker' burglary suspects

• Man awakened early allegedly starts broom fight

• Man accused of corkscrew threat at public bathroom

• Man forgotten in Indiana jail cell for 12 hours

• Florida man creates giant rubber band ball

• Misdialed number leads to angry texts, shooting

• Man allegedly torches van after wild test drive

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• Police: Celeb-obsessed teens robbed famous victims

• Swayze's widow feels sadness 'on a cellular level'

• Richest dead celebrity? It's not Michael Jackson

• MSNBC puts search for 10 p.m. show on back burner

• Fox News Channel, Obama administration talking

Science, Technology & Environment

• NASA's new moon rocket makes 1st test flight

• Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars

• Accused spy scientist due in court

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