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Leading The News
Banks Prepare Big Bonuses . . . The bank bonus season is beginning, and it will be one of the largest and most controversial blowouts ever. New York Times
Reid Said Obama has 'No Negro Dialect' . . . Senate Majority Leader apologizes to Obama for 2008 remarks. Called Obama "light skinned" too. Washington Post
Big Quake Strikes Off Calif. Coast . . .A 6.5 earthquake rattles northern California, cutting power to thousands and causing minor damage. Associated Press
Politics
Los Angeles Times
Howard Dean Turns on Obama . . . Former presidential hopeful Howard Dean leads left's attack over "abandoned" election promises.
The Guardian
White Candidate Leads in New Orleans . . . Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu heads race to succeed C. Ray Nagin as mayor of "Chocolate City." Los Angeles Times
Congress Does More Than Health Care . . . Will return to try to work on jobs, immigration and Gitmo. Los Angeles Times
Fox Chief at Top of Media and Politics . . . Roger Ailes built Fox News into an earnings engine with powerful influence over conservative movement. New York Times
National Security
Abdulmutallab Was Singing Before Arrest . . . Appears he was giving good information before he was charged as a criminal and advised of his rights.
Sunday Telegraph
Death By a Thousand Cuts . . . Is al Qaeda's new strategy to focus on smaller attacks that are easier than pulling off the Big One?
Christian Science Monitor
Israeli General Denies Iran is Threat . . . Man once in charge of Israel’s nuclear weapons claims it will take Iran seven years to make its own. Times of London
Al Qaeda Trains More Plane Bombers . . . Abdulmutallab told US investigators that about 20 others were being coached in Yemen to blow up planes. The Independent
Queens Man Charged With Terror Training . . . Traveled to Pakistan in 2008 to get training from al Qaeda. New York Times
Get Ready to Get Naked . . . The U.S. Transportation Security Administration now plans to buy a total of 450 body-scanning machines. Wall Street Journal
Money
New Job. Less Money . . . Even as more employers are starting to hire workers, the new jobs typically pay less than the ones that were lost.
Associated Press
China Eclipses Germany as Largest Exporter . . . Low-cost manufacturers keep selling abroad despite global economic downturn. Los Angeles Times
Ford Gets Its Focus . . . The new Ford Focus is arguably as important to CEO Alan Mulally as the Model T was to Henry Ford, the founder. New York Times
Stock Avoidance . . . Despite stock rebound, many small investors cling to bonds, a caution analysts say is misplaced.
Washington Post
International
Ukraine Election Heralds Return to Moscow . . . Five years after Ukraine's Orange Revolution, its next election is between two pro-Moscow candidates.
The Guardian
Iran's Opposition Spreads to the Heartland . . . Activists in the provinces say they're making progress. Los Angeles Times
Chavez Cuts Venezuela Currency . . . The move reflects the increasingly difficult economic and political trade-offs faced by Chavez. Wall Street Journal
Man Arrested in Hong Kong Acid Attack . . . Thirty injured in latest in a series of acid attacks on busy shopping streets.
BBC
You Must Also Know . . .
Frozen Orange Juice . . . Florida orange growers are bracing for record cold to hit the state's citrus belt.
Wall Street Journal
Officials Hid Truth of Migrants' Deaths . . . Overseers covered up evidence of mistreatment of immigrants in federal custody. New York Times
Three Snowmobiles Plunge Through the Ice . . . A man, his 24-year-old daughter and 3-year-old granddaughter are killed.
Associated Press
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