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1.Disgraced investor¹ Bernard Madoff returned to his Manhattan apartment after making a surprise appearance at the federal courthouse. A judge set new conditions for his bail², including a curfew and monitoring bracelet³.

2.The attorney for Rod Blagojevich wants some lawmakers remove from the panel that will recommend whether the Illinois governor should be impeached⁴. Attorney Ed Genson says some committee members have made public comments indicating they've already made up their minds.

3.Family members of the man who threw shoes at President Bush say they tried to attend the court hearing today but were told that the judge had instead visited the man in his jail cell. The journalist's brother says he assumed that means he was beaten and authorities don't want the public to see him.

4.The Cleveland Clinic says a woman who had suffered severe facial trauma⁵ got essentially⁶ a whole new face in a first-of-its-kind operation. Officials say the surgery took 22 hours and the patient is doing well.