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Passengers were rescued after a US Airways plane crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday.
By ROBERT D. MCFADDEN
A US Airways jetliner bound for North Carolina lost power in both engines, possibly from striking birds, after taking off from La Guardia Airport.
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
President George W. Bush said goodbye to the American people, declaring in his final address to the nation that while he had had some setbacks during his turbulent eight years in office, "I have followed my conscience and done what I thought was right."
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
The 52-42 Senate vote gave Barack Obama a $350 billion war chest, just as Democrats in the House unveiled an $825 billion fiscal recovery plan.
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
Eric Holder Jr. also said that, if confirmed, he would re-examine some of the main tactics the Bush administration had used in the fight against terrorism that he considered legally troubling.
By JAMES RISEN AND ERIC LICHTBLAU
In a rare public ruling, a secret federal appeals court has said that telecommunications companies must cooperate with the government to intercept international phone calls and e-mail messages of American citizens suspected of being spies or terrorists.
By JESSE MCKINLEY
A report says a brutal snowstorm is responsible for killing the hundreds of endangered California brown pelicans that have been found dead or dying since late December.
By SAM DILLON
Schools from New Hampshire to Florida to California are working to bring the excitement of the inauguration of the country's first African-American president to the classroom.
By KATE ZERNIKE
College students are covering more of what it costs to educate them, even as colleges are spending less on them.
By NINA BERNSTEIN
U.S. immigration officials investigating the death of a computer engineer from China who lived in New York and who died in their custody last summer said that supervisors at a detention center had denied the ailing man appropriate medical treatment on multiple occasions and that employees had dragged him from his cell to a van as he screamed in pain.
By SIMON ROMERO
The shift shows how the financial crisis is hampering President Hugo Chávez's ideological agenda as he seeks to bolster Venezuela's income.
By JOHN LELAND
A new breed of swindlers calling themselves "foreclosure rescue companies" is preying on desperate American homeowners.
LETTER FROM INDIA
By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS
"Slumdog Millionaire" may be the first world-traveling film about India in a generation to discard the old, smudged lenses for seeing this country.
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- American painter Andrew Wyeth dies
- Crew is credited for nimble reaction
- Bird hazard is persistent for planes
- To those who gave much, much will be given
- A somber farewell speech by Bush
- E-mail note: 'I landed in the Hudson'
- A quick rescue kept death toll at zero
- Interior Department nominee pledges reform
- Homeland Security nominee vows to safeguard country, but offers few specifics
- Signs of trouble emerge in transition's last days
- Some ask if bailout is unconstitutional
- Gentle questioning for Obama's UN nominee
- Hearing for attorney general pick expected to be partisan exercise
- Security tightens for Obama's inauguration
- Torture acknowledgment highlights detainee issue
- Birds in both engines may have brought down jet
- Text: Bush's speech
- Congress clears way for second half of bailout
- Ricardo Montalban, early Latino leading man, dies
- Mideast awaits signs of Obama's stance on Gaza
- Talk about race? Relax, it's O.K.
- Biden outlines plans to do more with less power
- Don't trust anyone under 30?
- Geithner's skill may trump tax issue
- Military planners, in nod to Obama, preparing for faster Iraq withdrawal
- Geithner's mistake on tax is common, experts say
- Agriculture pick's hearing is smooth
- A second act for Shinseki
- EPA pick vows to put science first
- Pilot's 3-day run from ruin ends
- U.S. House votes to expand children's health care
- Panel delays hearing on Obama's Treasury choice
- Ricardo Montalban, Fantasy Island's Mr. Roarke, dies at 88
- Evidence is valid despite police error, U.S. justices rule
- Italian fugitive in Brazil wins refugee status
- Pentagon official says that torture was used
- Marching band from Georgia realizes its dream
- A bicycle advocate with the wind now at his back
- Obama inauguration a boom for merchandisers
- Obama nominee for U.S. energy post retreats on high gas prices
- U.S. news outlets hope to capitalize on inauguration
- Study finds few Internet predators
- Clinton pledges tough diplomacy and a fast start
- Obama near to naming a car czar, and some say it's Steven Rattner
- Judge issues warrant for missing banker in U.S.
- Criticism of former U.S. Justice Dept. official in hiring decisions
- U.S. tax agency considers expanding scrutiny of universities
- Energy nominee shifts his stance
- Obama's budget director pick sounds alarm
- Few specifics from pick for U.S. education secretary
- Wider role urged for U.S. housing nominee
- Tom O'Horgan, innovative Broadway director, dies at 84
- Blagojevich scandal distracts and sidetracks Illinois state government
- U.S. denies Israeli interference in UN vote
- Obama plan to close Guantánamo may take a year
- Kerry, after setbacks, aims to make a mark as a Senate chairman
- Top officer urges limit on mission of U.S. military
- A new formula for teaching introductory physics
- Hoping to influence Clinton on Middle East policy
- Obama names anti-smoking advocate to health post
- Democratic leaders say Burris will be new Illinois senator
- Gay bishop is asked to say prayer at inaugural event
- At Obama's urging, Bush to seek rest of bailout funds
- Mistakes, I've made a few, Bush tells reporters
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