FILE- This Jan. 14, 2009 file photo shows Gov. Rod Blagojevich presiding over the Illinois Senate in Springfield, Ill. Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor, and his brother, Robert, were charged Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, in a fresh corruption indictment that contains no new allegations of misconduct but that prosecutors hope will help avoid delays to the start of Blagojevich's trial.

Jeff Roberson, File/AP Photo

Ex-Ill. gov. to answer revised corruption charges

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich heads to court Wednesday to answer a revised batch of charges that he schemed to sell or trade President Barack Obama's old Senate seat and swap official favors for campaign money. 1265793280

Storm dumps rain, hail, snow in SoCal

The latest Pacific storm that brought heavy rain, hail and snow to Southern California is heading east, but the mudslide threat is not over for communities below wildfire-scarred mountains. 1265791341
Coroner confirms 2 Mexican children died in rains

The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office has identified two bodies found near the border with Mexico as siblings who drowned when their vehicle was swept away in Tijuana by last month's torrential rains. 1265782937
UN forecasts 'stable' Afghan opium crop

After a major drop over the past two years, Afghanistan's opium cultivation is unlikely to rise or fall dramatically in 2010, a U.N. report said Wednesday. 1265789856
City vehicles strike 2 in San Francisco accidents

One pedestrian is dead and another seriously injured following separate accidents in San Francisco involving city-owned vehicles.
Calif. man convicted of killing girlfriend's son

A jury has convicted a 23-year-old California man of killing his girlfriend's 1-year-old son.
Round 2: Snow slams Mid-Atlantic, points north

Plows that have been rolling around the clock for days in the nation's capital, Philadelphia and Baltimore won't be heading for the garage any time soon as a second major storm in a week moved into the snowbound region Wednesday. 1265793732
NY senator who dragged girlfriend fights expulsion

A Democratic state senator who betrayed his colleagues by joining Republicans in a brief coup and was convicted of a misdemeanor assault charge for dragging his girlfriend around during an argument at his apartment says he'll go back to court to fight his expulsion from the Senate. 1265792597
NYC jail chaplain released in razor blades case

A grand jury declined Tuesday to indict a Muslim chaplain accused of trying to smuggle razor blades and scissors into a jail, spurring his release without bail while the case continues.
DHS: The number of illegal immigrants in US fell

The Homeland Security Department estimates the number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. fell about 7 percent to 10.8 million in January 2009.