AP - A Kentucky high school football coach charged in the death of a player who collapsed at practice says he is heartbroken and that part of his life has been taken away.

AP - Police say two people were killed and seven injured in a shooting at a wake in southeastern Wichita.

AP - At this year's version of the National Automobile Dealers Association convention, survival has passed maximizing profits as the focus of the annual event.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -U.S. missile attacks on Islamist militants in Pakistan do not help its efforts in the U.S.-led campaign against militancy, a spokesman for President Asif Ali Zardari said on Sunday.

AP - Police say two people were killed and seven injured in a shooting at a wake in southeastern Wichita.

AP - Roger Federer rallied from two sets down for the fourth time in his career to stay on track for a record-equaling 14th Grand Slam singles title.

AFP - Sri Lankan troops on Sunday fought their way into Mullaittivu, the last town held by Tamil Tiger rebels who are holed up in the northeast of the island, military sources said.

AP - President Barack Obama's pledge of bipartisan cooperation with Congress will be tested as he tries to fulfill a campaign promise to close Guantanamo Bay and establish a new system for prosecuting suspected terrorists.

AP - A visual inspection of the battered, dented left engine of the US Airways jetliner that ditched in the Hudson River found no evidence of organic matter, but there are signs the plane hit a soft body, federal investigators say.

AP - Hamas' government in Gaza began its first week back in business Sunday, operating from makeshift offices because most administrative buildings were bombed, as the Palestinian militant group prepared for new talks with Egypt on consolidating the weeklong cease-fire with Israel.

AP - For two sets it looked as if Roger Federer's run at a record 14th Grand Slam title was going to be derailed by Tomas Berdych at the Australian Open.

AFP - Sri Lankan troops on Sunday fought their way into Mullaittivu, the last town held by Tamil Tiger rebels who are holed up in the northeast of the island, a government spokesman said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday the federal government may need to pump more taxpayer funds into the faltering banking system and that taxpayers should receive equity as compensation.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict's rehabilitation of four traditionalist bishops may heal one festering Catholic wound at the expense of opening a wider one with Jews because one of the prelates is a Holocaust denier.

AP - President Hamid Karzai condemned a U.S. operation he said killed 16 Afghan civilians, while hundreds of villagers denounced the American military during an angry demonstration Sunday.

Reuters - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday the federal government may need to pump more taxpayer funds into the faltering banking system and that taxpayers should receive equity as compensation.

AFP - Rescuers in Spain and France launched a desperate operation on Sunday to clear wrecked homes, roads and power lines after hurricane-force winds killed 15 people, including four children inside a sports hall near Barcelona.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - International calls to investigate Israel over alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip prompted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday to promise military personnel state protection from foreign prosecution.

ABUJA (Reuters) - A British Airways plane bound for London with 155 passengers and 14 crew on board made an emergency landing in northern Nigeria on Saturday after smoke was detected in the cockpit, the airline said. The pilot of flight BA 82, which originated in Nigeria's capital Abuja, safely landed the Boeing 777 aircraft in Kano.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese welcomed the arrival of the Year of the Ox with raucous celebrations on Sunday, despite gloom about the economy, setting off firecrackers in the streets and sending fireworks into the sky.

Reuters - International calls to investigate Israel over alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip prompted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday to promise military personnel state protection from foreign prosecution.

Reuters - A British Airways plane bound for London with 155 passengers and 14 crew on board made an emergency landing in northern Nigeria on Saturday after smoke was detected in the cockpit, the airline said. The pilot of flight BA 82, which originated in Nigeria's capital Abuja, safely landed the Boeing 777 aircraft in Kano.

Reuters - Chinese welcomed the arrival of the Year of the Ox with raucous celebrations on Sunday, despite gloom about the economy, setting off firecrackers in the streets and sending fireworks into the sky.

Reuters - ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -U.S. missile attacks on Islamist militants in Pakistan do not help its efforts in the U.S.-led campaign against militancy, a spokesman for President Asif Ali Zardari said on Sunday.

AFP - Sri Lankan troops on Sunday overran the last town controlled by Tamil rebels, army chief Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka said, striking a significant blow in Asia's longest-running ethnic conflict.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's top economic adviser would not rule out on Sunday that more money may be needed to stabilize the financial system as a deep recession increases banks' losses.

ROTHERA BASE, Antarctica (Reuters) - One of the few artists in Antarctica tests out his latest work on the snow -- a golden wooden sledge made of bits of old, ornate picture frames.

AP - In his inaugural address, President Barack Obama signaled conciliation to America's foes by using the metaphor of an outstretched hand to an unclenched fist.

AP - The hydroelectric dam, a low wall of concrete slicing across an old farming valley, is supposed to help a power company in distant Germany contribute to saving the climate — while putting lucrative 'carbon credits' into the pockets of Chinese developers.

AP - Most congressional Democrats say the quickest way to save homeowners like Troy Butler of Saginaw, Mich., is to let them declare bankruptcy and allow judges to dictate new mortgage terms.

AP - For two sets it looked as if Roger Federer's run at a record 14th Grand Slam title was going to be derailed by Tomas Berdych at the Australian Open.

Reuters - President Barack Obama's top economic adviser would not rule out on Sunday that more money may be needed to stabilize the financial system as a deep recession increases banks' losses.

Reuters - One of the few artists in Antarctica tests out his latest work on the snow -- a golden wooden sledge made of bits of old, ornate picture frames.

AFP - Sri Lankan troops on Sunday overran the last town controlled by Tamil rebels, army chief Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka said, striking a major blow in Asia's longest-running ethnic conflict.

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co has enough liquidity to fund its restructuring plan and despite the deep downturn in auto sales still sees no need to ask for government loans, Chief Executive Alan Mulally said on Saturday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Marguerite, Baroness de Reuter, a European aristocrat from a bygone age and last survivor of the family that founded the international news agency, died on Sunday aged 96, friends said.

AP - Special legal teams will defend Israeli soldiers against potential war crimes charges stemming from civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip, the prime minister said Sunday, promising the country would 'fully back' those who fought in the three-week offensive.

Reuters - Ford Motor Co has enough liquidity to fund its restructuring plan and despite the deep downturn in auto sales still sees no need to ask for government loans, Chief Executive Alan Mulally said on Saturday.

Reuters - Marguerite, Baroness de Reuter, a European aristocrat from a bygone age and last survivor of the family that founded the international news agency, died on Sunday aged 96, friends said.

AP - President Barack Obama's ban on earmarks in the $825 billion economic stimulus bill doesn't mean interest groups, lobbyists and lawmakers won't be able to funnel money to pet projects.

AP - A tell-tale sign America's chips are down: States are increasingly turning to gambling to plug budget holes.

AP - When researchers analyzed vials of treated wastewater taken from a plant where about 90 Indian drug factories dump their residues, they were shocked. Enough of a single, powerful antibiotic was being spewed into one stream each day to treat every person in a city of 90,000.

AP - It sounds like Dinara Safina might be a chip off the old family block after all.

AP - Joe Torre takes some harsh swings at Alex Rodriguez, Brian Cashman and the New York Yankees in a book due out early next month, according to New York newspaper reports.

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A Congolese militia leader accused of using child soldiers to kill members of an ethnic minority goes on trial Monday at the first ever warcrimes trial at the International Criminal Court.

AP - Senator-designate Kirsten Gillibrand pledged Sunday to combat gun violence while protecting hunters' rights, saying 'there's enormous space for common ground' on issues that she differs from fellow New York Democrats.

AP - 'The Dark Knight' won the Screen Actors Guild Award for best movie stunt ensemble on Sunday, while 'Heroes' took the same prize for television.

Reuters - A Congolese militia leader accused of using child soldiers to kill members of an ethnic minority goes on trial Monday at the first ever warcrimes trial at the International Criminal Court.

AFP - French and Spanish rescuers scrambled Sunday to reopen railways, douse forest fires and restore power to nearly a million homes plunged into darkness by a violent storm that killed 24 people in southern Europe.

AFP - Bolivians voted Sunday on sweeping constitutional changes that would bring greater political power to the country's indigenous majority and allow President Evo Morales to run for re-election.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fallen Lehman Brothers Chief Executive Richard Fuld sold his $13.3 million mansion to his wife for just $100 last November, according to Florida real estate records.

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC on Sunday urged its U.S. dealers to slash costs and order more of its vehicles as the automaker races to restructure in order to secure additional government aid.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British actress Kate Winslet and comedian Tina Fey were early winners on Sunday at the Screen Actors Guild awards, which could produce surprises in a season dominated by 'Slumdog Millionaire' and 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.'

AP - Heath Ledger's sociopathic reinvention of Batman bad guy the Joker in 'The Dark Knight' earned him the supporting-actor honor Sunday at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

AP - A 14-year-old aspiring police officer donned a uniform, walked into a Chicago police station and managed to get an assignment — patroling in a squad car for five hours before he was detected, police said Sunday.

Reuters - Fallen Lehman Brothers Chief Executive Richard Fuld sold his $13.3 million mansion to his wife for just $100 last November, according to Florida real estate records.

Reuters - Chrysler LLC on Sunday urged its U.S. dealers to slash costs and order more of its vehicles as the automaker races to restructure in order to secure additional government aid.

AFP - Sri Lankan government troops were Monday pushing into the last pockets of jungle still held by Tamil Tigers after the capture of the rebels' last urban stronghold and military headquarters.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will start reversing former President George W. Bush's climate change policies on Monday by taking steps to allow states to limit greenhouse gas emissions from cars and by ordering 2011 vehicle fuel efficiency standards to be set by March.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - 'Slumdog Millionaire,' the rags to riches tale of a Mumbai slum dweller, emerged as favorite to win the best picture Oscar after winning the top prize at the 15th Screen Actors Guild awards on Sunday.

AP - Meryl Streep of the Roman Catholic drama 'Doubt' and Sean Penn of the Harvey Milk film biography 'Milk' won lead-acting honors Sunday at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

AP - Nene tied his career high with 28 points and J.R. Smith quickly put to rest coach George Karl's concerns about rust after a five-day layoff, leading the Denver Nuggets past the Utah Jazz 117-97 Sunday night.

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will start reversing former President George W. Bush's climate change policies on Monday by taking steps to allow states to limit greenhouse gas emissions from cars and by ordering 2011 vehicle fuel efficiency standards to be set by March.

AFP - Bolivians approved sweeping constitutional changes that would bring greater political power to the country's indigenous majority and lets President Evo Morales run for re-election.