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1. Roger Clemens and his former trainer Brain McNamee stuck to their guns before Congressional Committee. Both men were grilled¹ by lawmakers about steroid use in baseball. Clemens said he has never taken steroids or human growth hormone².

2. He's calling it 'a booster shot for the economy'. President Bush signed a $160 billion stimulus³ package into law. The rescue plan includes rebates⁴ up to 1200 dollars for most American households. The checks will go out starting in May.

3. Police say a kidnapped Iraqi interpreter working for CBS News has been freed in Basra. But his fellow British journalist is still being held. An Iraqi police official says the man was handed over to authorities at the same hotel where he and his colleagues were kidnapped three days ago.

4. German astronaut Hans Schlegel floated out of the International Space Station for his first spacewalk. His outing comes just two days after an illness forced the shuttle Atlantis crew member to skip a spacewalk to install a new European lab.