Births

• Births

Business

• GM likely to recapture global auto sales lead
• Nett: Rawls' innovative programs cast a shadow beyond the Caprock
• Pace of bank deposits eased in 2011, FDIC's midyear report shows
• American Airlines parent suddently becomes hot topic
• Ex-SEC attorney agrees to settle conflict claim
• Business in brief

Crime and Courts

• Marriage Licenses
• In Civil Courts
• Divorces Granted

Death Notices

• Death Notices

Editorial / Columnists

• Ricketts: Obama gets his appointments, but at a price
• Hightower: In Afghanistan, fields of poppies symbolize failed U.S. initiatives
• Malkin: Obama's 'Razist' lobbyist moves up to manage domestic policy agenda
• Rangel: Courts not to blame if Texas primaries fall in June

Editorial / Letters

• Letter: Today's gifts to poor summon '30s memories
• Letter: Society, lawmakers look down on the elderly
• Letter: New buses should expand Citibus' routes
• Other Views: Sanctuary laws and Romney contrast
• Letter of the Day: Donors help children at Christmas

Editorials

• Quick Opinion
• Hats Off: Parks' dream lives on with museum to show African-American impact
• Area Opinions

Entertainment

• Mosqueda creates visual archive of Lubbock musicians
• Hospital says Locklear medically stable

Faith

• Faith briefs

Life

• Amending your soil to grow healthier plants
• Snyder girl gets Lubbock shopping spree from Make-a-Wish
• Community briefs
• Things to do

Life / Columnists

• Kerns: 4th on Broadway, others benefit from recent 'milk for a year' raffle
• Pratt: Role model focuses on gratitude, acceptance
• Donohue: People who live in cold climates become acclimatized to it
• Annie: Grandparents don't treat grandchildren equally

Life / Savvy Shopper

• Savvy Shopper: Deals this week: TV dinners, Dawn
• Savvy Shopper talks perceived value vs loyalty

Local News

• Rooms to Go opens at Slide and S. Loop
• Banquet honors service of King, Lubbockites
• Court interpreters translate into high cost for Lubbock County
• DPS blames speed after truck goes airborne, hits SUV
• Rooms to Go opens at Slide and South Loop
• Codes and ciphers class at Silent Wings
• From The A-J's Pages

Memorials

• Connie Lopez

National News

• Ex-presidential candidate Edwards has life-threatening condtion, doctor tells judge
• Across the nation
• Judge in Virginia rejects GOP primary ballot appeal
• With time, money running out, South Carolina often turns nasty
• Homeless teen up for science prize gets house

Obituaries

• Bush Jordan
• Joe Herring
• Marcus Chapa
• Matthew Lewis Aven

Sports

• Stingy 49ers hold down Drew Brees, Saints 36-32
• Patriots rout Broncos 45-10 in AFC playoff game
• Court's comments stir controversy
• NCAA convention focuses on reform
• Texans' Phillips didn't interview with Bucs after all
• USF rallies to beat No. 24 Seton Hall 56-55
• Every makes late birdies and takes Sony Open lead
• NHL Roundup: Brouwer's hat trick leads Capitals over Lightning, 4-3
• NBA Roundup: Mavericks win their fourth in a row, 102-76 against Bucks
• 49ers defense looks to stop red-hot Saints and QB Brees
• St. Louis wins Fisher sweepstakes

Sports / High School

• Prep basketball: Meeks' big day lifts Trinity Christian past FW Christian, 69-54

Sports / High School / Boys Basketball

• City Boys Roundup: Frenship prevails in four-OT thriller

Sports / High School / Girls Basketball

• Area Linescores

Sports / High School / Soccer

• Prep soccer: Coronado girls claim crown at Frenship Cup
• City Soccer Roundup:

Sports / Red Raiders / Big 12

• Big 12 Men's Roundup: Sooners force 19 turnovers in upset of No. 18 Kansas State

Sports / Red Raiders / Mens Basketball

• Red Raiders men's basketball notebook: Walk-ons perform well
• Dismal shooting by Red Raiders ruins Gillispie's return to College Station, 67-54

Sports / Red Raiders / Womens Basketball

• Lady Raider notebook: No TV for Baylor
• Rally not enough for No. 10 Tech versus Kansas St.
• Lady Raider notes: No TV for Tech-Baylor
• PHOTO GALLERY: Tech falls to K-State
• K-State hands Lady Raiders second straight loss

Sports / Small College

• Wayland erases 17-point deficit vs. Mid-America
• Today's area small college basketball games

Technology

• Crowd too big; Beijing Apple store cancels sale

Texas

• More photos
• Houston toddler founds unharmed in abandoned SUV
• More donkeys abandoned in Texas, tough economy
• Texas mom sentenced to 45 years for killing son
• Texas and region
• Court clears immediate enforcement of abortion law

Uncategorized

World

• Desecration of the dead is as old as war itself
• Mexico City fights trash pileup after closing dump
• U.S. warns Iran not to block shipping
• Around the world