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AMD to slash 1100 jobs, cut executive salaries

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said that it plans to cut its workforce by 9 percent, or roughly 1,100 positions, in the first quarter as the chip maker struggles to lower costs in an economic downturn.

MarketWatch

Circuit City to shut down

Electronics retailer Circuit City reached an agreement with liquidators to sell the merchandise in its 567 U.S. stores after failing to find a buyer or a refinancing deal.

CNBC

Circuit City to be fully liquidated

MSNBC

A peek at Obama's Inaugural plan

With at least three drafts behind him, Obama is nearly done with his speech, striving for a tone that’s soaring but accessible, simple but inspiring, urgent and confident all at once.

CBS News

Hudson jet crash probe begins

Federal officials will now focus on recovering the black box from the plane and interviewing the crew about the accident — apparently caused by birds that slammed into the plane.

USA Today

NY mayor hails 'hero' crash pilot

BBC

Israel poised for ceasefire vote

Israeli ministers are set to vote on a unilateral ceasefire proposal. The U.S. and Israel have signed a deal to halt the smuggling of arms into Gaza — a key Israeli demand in all negotiations.

BBC

Gaza fighting slows as Israel counters Hamas offer

Reuters

Citigroup splits in 2, Bank of America gets more government aid

Citigroup Inc. plans to split into two units and Bank of America Corp. took $20 billion in government aid after the two banks suffered huge quarterly losses from the worsening credit crisis.

Reuters

Stocks climb; Bank of America, Citigroup, Intel advance

Bloomberg

Citi plans to split

CNNMoney

NATION

Jet passengers marvel they're still alive

After crashing in the Hudson River, survivors recall fear before impact and panic amid frigid water. Miracle or not, survivors of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 say they are just lucky to be alive.

CBS News

Pilot's family talks about the family

MSNBC

Bird strikes: a common aviation hazard

CBS News

NYPD stopped, frisked 500,000 last year

City police stopped, questioned and frisked more than half a million people last year — a significant increase in a practice that has drawn criticism from civil rights advocates.

CBS News

POLITICS

Obama pitches plans to boost economy

President-elect Barack Obama stressed the urgency of a renewable-energy economy as he tried to shore up support for his stimulus package. Obama said he's not looking to create "just any kind of jobs."

CNN

Stimulus: Fix the banks first

CNNMoney

US is losing energy race

MSNBC

Crowds complicate inaugural security

President-elect Barack Obama's inaugur- ation will take place amid unprecedented security aimed at protecting him as well as the record crowds expected to attend.

Reuters

Obama's Inaugural internet call to service

TIME

D.C. set for inaugural chill

USA Today

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Artist Andrew Wyeth dies at 91

Artist Andrew Wyeth, who portrayed the hidden melancholy of the people and landscapes of Pennsylvania's Brandywine Valley and coastal Maine in works such as "Christina's World," died. He was 91.

TIME

Director Zwick defies typical WWII film

Director Edward Zwick has finally gotten to tell his own story of tough, fighting Jews, and he did it with the help of 007.

USA Today

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Science closing in on cloak of invisibility

They can't match Harry Potter yet, but scientists are moving closer to creating a real cloak of invisibility.

Associated Press

Methane points to life on Mars?

Since methane was first discovered on Mars in 2003, three teams have found signatures of the gas using ground-based telescopes as well as Europe's Mars Express orbiter.

New Scientist

Life on Mars?

CNN

HEALTH

Surgery separates conjoined twins

Conjoined twins have been separated in Phoenix. The operation on Alex And Angel Mendoza, who were joined at the stomach and shared a liver, lasted for 14 hours.

CBS News

Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are genetically linked

A new study suggests that if schizophrenia runs in a family, there's a good chance that bipolar disorder does as well.

WebMD

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Season for football and faith? Players share evangelical views

With football in its most important time — the college bowl season is over and the Super Bowl is looming — the strong evangelical faith of high-profile players and coaches has been getting attention.

USA Today

Ministries ditching radio for the Internet

Minister John Piper, based in Minneapolis, has decided to pull the plug on his radio broadcast and redirect his time, energy and resources to online audio broadcasting.

The Nonprofit Times

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GOOD NEWS

Businessman throws inaugural party for those less fortunate than him

Virginia businessman and entrepreneur Earl Stafford is bucking the trend. Instead of cutting back, he's giving big to those who have the least and inviting them to watch the inauguration in style.

USA Today

Donations pour in to help boy who was allegedly held captive, tortured

Tens of thousands of dollars donated to help a Northern California boy who police say was held captive and ritualistically tortured will be placed into a special trust, a judge has decided.

Sacramento Bee

WORLD

Putin seeks utilities’ cooperation to end Ukraine gas dispute

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of Russia held talks with European customers of Russian natural gas to work out a deal for resuming service.

Bloomberg

Germany could hold key to gas deal

BBC

India seeking extraditions from Pakistan

India wants the Mumbai attack planners to be extradited to India, despite reports that New Delhi had no problems with their being tried in Pakistan.

Reuters

BUSINESS

Chrysler Financial gets $1.5 billion loan from bailout fund

The Treasury Department says the $1.5 billion loan for Chrysler LLC will be in addition to a package of loans already provided to both Chrysler and General Motors Corp.

Forbes

Toyota, Honda expand production cuts

Bloomberg

Generation Y hit hardest by job losses

With the unemployment rate skyrocketing, employees under 30 have the most reason for worry. Joblessness is far higher among younger people than for those later in their careers.

MSNBC

Consumer prices fall for third month in December

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Tropical rainforests are regrowing

The world's tropical rainforests are making a comeback, but young vegetation may not be able to sustain as much diverse wildlife or lock up nearly as much climate-warming carbon dioxide as old trees did.

Environmental News Network

Is the gray wolf out of the woods?

Only six domestic animal species have ever earned their way off the U.S. Endangered Species List. The gray wolf is closing in on becoming the seventh with the help of President Bush.

Scientific American

SPORTS

Dementieva eliminates Serena in Sydney

Serena Williams, the top seed, was dragged down by a flurry of errors and lost, 6-3, 6-1, against Elena Dementieva in the Sydney International semifinals.

International Herald Tribune

Every yard will count in upcoming Ravens-Steelers feud

Football players who make a living in the trenches will never underestimate the importance of third-and-short.

USA Today

Mayor Steelerstahl

ESPN

EDUCATION

Schools make historic inaugural a teachable moment

Many schools across the country are marking the day on campus, with live broadcasts, assemblies, in-class assign- ments and their own inaugural balls.

International Herald Tribune

Districts scrounge for budget cuts

School districts are scrounging for money and for creative ideas they hope will allow them to hold on until the economy recovers.

Education Week

U.S. college students paying more for less

International Herald Tribune

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