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1. Health officials say the number of deaths associated with the swine flu outbreak in Mexico is rising. Eighty-one people now dead because of the strain, another 1,300 have gotten sick. The World Health Organization says the outbreak has pandemic p
1.President-elect Barack Obama would observe Martin Luther King Day by working on volunteer service projects. Following a day of service, the president-elect will attend three tribute dinners, including a bipartisan dinner in honor of Senator John M
1. Thousands of people have gathered around Washington's Lincoln Memorial for a special pre-inauguration concert. President-elect Barack Obama and his family were in attendance. Performers including U2, Beyonce and James Taylor are on the bill. 2. I
1. Israel assassinates a top figure in Hamas, one of the first assaults on the leadership of Gaza's rulers. The airstrike targeted an apartment building. Palestinian officials say 18 others were killed. Israel is escalating its air offensive and see
1.In Gaza, signs Israel is preparing for a possible ground invasion with tanks and vehicles lined up along a road leading to the Gaza Strip. Israel has been pounding Hamas militants from the air in response to rocket attacks, almost 400 are dead. 2.
1. President Obama is in Mexico to confront a security threat on America's doorstep - the deadly flow of drugs and weapons. Following his short stay in Mexico City, Obama travels to the two-island Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago for the Summ
1. President-elect Barack Obama is rolling into D.C., aboard a whistle-stop train tour ahead of his swearing-in on Tuesday. Along the way, he and Vice President-elect Joe Biden promised voters they will fight every day for them while they are in Was
1.The pilot of the US Airways flight that landed in the Hudson River is being praised as a hero for the safe landing with no loss of life. The wife of Chesley Sully Sullenberger says her husband is a pilots pilot who loves the art of the airplane. 2
1.Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the U.S. is working with the international community to bring about a durable and sustainable ceasefire between Israelis and Palestinians. Hundreds of people had been killed on the week-long fighting in and
1. Lebanon's prime minister has condemned rocket attacks on Israel from his country as well as retaliation by the Jewish state. The brief exchange was the first since Israel launched an offensive against the militant group Hamas in Gaza. That offens
1.President-elect Barack Obama would meet with Senate Democrats to discuss the economy today. At the same time, top Obama aides will be getting ready for a meeting with Senate Republicans. All of these are ahead of a possible vote Thursday on whethe
1.The White House says the new audio type supposedly from Osama Bin Laden is a sign of his isolation. Bin Laden urges a Muslim holy war against Israel as an angry response to Israel's Gaza offensive. Officials say it's Bin Laden's attempt to remain
1. A US Airways jet has crashed into the Hudson River right next to Manhattan. Passengers were forced out into the freezing waters to escape. Officials say it went down right after taking off. 2. Roland Burris is officially a US senator. He was swor
.New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is giving late-night comedians plenty of material, but in political circles no one is laughing. The State Assembly leader says if Spitzer doesn't resign over a call-girl scandal, he is ready to call for an impeachmen
1.President Barack Obama's meeting with Britain's Queen Elizabeth is just one item on his busy agenda ahead of the G-20 summit in London. During his first European trip as president, Obama also accepted invitations to visit Russia and China later th
1.President Barack Obama has ended his eight-day international trip with an unannounced visit to Iraq. Obama met with the top US commander there along with hundreds of troops. He's urging Baghdad to take the leadership reins, saying it's time for Ir
1.A US vessel seized by pirates off Somalia is now back in the hands of the crew after they retook control of the ship. But one person aboard the ship reached by satellite phone tells the AP the pirates are holding the captain hostage in a lifeboat.
1. The Maersk Alabama is back in port in Kenya. The American ship whose captain is still being held hostage by pirates off the coast of Somalia arrived with the other 19 crew members. The US is still trying to secure the release of the captain. 2. P
1. The US Navy has rescued the American sea captain held by Somali pirates. A senior US intelligence official said hostage Richard Phillips was not hurt in what appeared to be a swift firefight off the Somali coast. 2. Grass fires in Oklahoma have f
1.The crew of the Maersk Alabama says the number of pirates off the coast of Somalia is rising to crisis proportions. Sunday the crews captain Richard Philips was rescued by Navy Seals. Three pirates were killed during the rescue, a fourth is now in