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Leading the News
All 155 Escape as Jet Plunges Into Hudson . . . Jet lost power in both engines, possibly from hitting birds. Pilot ditches and all are saved by flotilla of ferries and emergency boats.
New York Times
Survivors Tell of Their Ordeal . . . "Fire started blowing out of the engine. I heard a loud boom and we dropped about 100 feet." New York Post
Meet America's New Hero . . . Chesley Sullenberger, 57, former air force ace, calmly told passengers: "Brace for impact." New York Daily News
Fast Action by Pilots Saved the Day . . . Lightening decision to land in Hudson instead of trying for small airport across the river.
New York Times
Photologue of the Amazing Afternoon . . . New York Daily News
Politics
Bush Bids Nation Farewell . . . In final televised address, the president says he always acted in the country's "best interests." Washington Post
Americans Counting on Obama . . . Poll finds stratospheric expectations that Obama advisers fear cannot be met. USA Today
Senate Clears Second Half of Bailout Money . . . Hands Obama $350 billion in close vote. Obama agrees to spend a chunk of it on preventing foreclosures. Wall Street Journal
Obama Vows to Reshape Entitlement Programs . . . In interview, says Social Security and Medicare must be addressed to secure nation's long-term economic recovery. Washington Post
Slow Train to Washington . . . Obama, Biden will hop aboard in Philly tomorrow to begin four days of events leading to Inauguration.
Washington Post
National Security
Intel Court Rules Wiretaps Legal . . . Backs government's authority to intercept international phone calls and e-mails from U.S. soil without warrant. Washington Post
U.S. Could Start Leaving Baghdad This Year . . . Top general says move could begin if relatively peaceful conditions continue. USA Today
Hayden Defends Interrogations . . . "These techniques worked," departing CIA chief says. Points to Iran and surging violence in Mexico as top problems - not Iraq. Los Angeles Times
Holder Calls Waterboarding Torture . . . Obama attorney general pick says new administration plans major changes in the interrogation of terrorism suspects. Los Angeles Times
Bush Sees Danger in Closing Gitmo . . . Warns it's not so easy. Says country will have to prevent those released from coming back to attack U.S. Washington Times
Business
Bank of America Gets New Aid . . . Government's $20 billion investment is to help bank absorb troubled Merrill Lynch.
Washington Post
Bank Stocks Drop . . . Expert: "The banks are broke, and each day their capital requirements skyrocket." USA Today
Dramatic Proposals Considered to Revive Lending . . . Obama team sees increasingly grave banking crisis, may move to wall off toxic assets. Bloomberg
Citigroup Has Worst Year Ever . . . Will shed Smith Barney, abandoning strategy of providing investment advice along with traditional banking. Bloomberg
International
Israel Kills Hamas Interior Minister . . . One of three top Hamas officials, security chief was widely feared. Haaretz
Hamas offering Truce . . . Israel balking at some of the conditions. Haaretz
Fresh Clues of Iranian Nuclear Intrigue . . . U.S. officials say they have evidence of efforts by Iran to acquire metals used in high-tech weaponry. Wall Street Journal
New Effort to Break Russia-Ukraine Deadlock . . . European energy firms seeking to broker deal. Reuters
Zimbabwe Rolls Out $100 Trillion Note . . . Political crisis continues as Mugabe clings to power. BBC
Also Today. . .
Can Apple Fill the Void? . . . Steve Jobs’s perfectionism, autocratic style and disregard for conventional wisdom are at the heart of Apple’s success. New York Times
Salmonella Concerns Spread . . . Kellogg Co. asks stores to pull their peanut butter crackers. USA Today
Dress for Sex-Sess . . . Study shows one third of women happy to dress provocatively to help themselves get a bonus or promotion.
New York Daily News
Today's Video
Passengers Describe 'Miracle on the Hudson . . . CNN
