1. FORMER ISLAMIC STATE GROUP FIGHTERS FACE DIFFICULT FATE
Disillusioned by the cruelty of the extremist group, ex-recruitsescape risking death at its hands or jail in their homelands.
2. WHAT WOULDN'T BUDGE UNDER OBAMA'S SPENDING PLAN
The president is touting his budget as "middle-classeconomics" — but tax bills for middle-class families would stay about thesame.
3. PENTAGON NOMINEE SIGNALS FLEXIBILITY ON US WITHDRAWAL
Ashton Carter says he would consider changing the plan towithdraw all American troops from Afghanistan if the security situationworsens.
4. NEW ENGLAND BATTERED BY ANOTHER SNOWSTORM
Some areas are still reeling from up to 3 feet of snow that theygot last week.
5. NEW ITALIAN PRESIDENT VOWS TO FIGHT MAFIA
Sergio Mattarella, a constitutional court justice, took the oathof office for his largely-ceremonial post, promising to push for urgenteconomic reforms and battle corruption.
6. BEST WAY TO A GIRL'S HEART? HER MOTHER'S
An AP-WE tv poll finds that 6 in 10 young women consider theirmom's approval very important when it comes to getting serious with aboyfriend.
7. MEXICAN OPIUM FARMS EXPANDING TO SUPPLY US HEROIN BOOM
Mexico now produces nearly half the heroin found in the UnitedStates, up from 39 percent in 2008, the U.S. government says.
8. WHO IS FIGHTING OVER ROBIN WILLIAMS' ESTATE
The late actor's wife of three years has asked the court toexclude the contents of their home from the part of his property that he bequeathedto his three adult children.
9. WHOSE ARCHIVE WILL BE MADE PUBLIC
The Library of Congress will offer the public a trove of theletters, writing and photos of Rosa Parks, the seamstress who became a civilrights icon.
10. SUPER BOWL MOST-WATCHED EVENT EVER ON AMERICAN TV
The 114.4 million people who viewed Sunday's game eclipsed the112.2 million who watched Seattle beat Denver last year, the Nielsen companysays.