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US Airways CEO Douglas Parker offered few new details on flight 1549, which crashed into the Hudson River. All the passengers were declared safe, and many were able to walk away once they were rescued.

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) says she will challenge Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Gov. David Paterson's choice to fill Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, in a 2010 primary. McCarthy says Gillibrand's 100 percent positive rating from the National Rifle Association makes her unacceptable.

New York Governor David Paterson has chosen U.S. Representative Kirsten Gillibrand to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by Hillary Rodham Clinton. Doug Muzzio discusses Paterson's choice.

Barack Obama has been sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. In his speech, the new president acknowledged that the country faced many challenges, but said he was confident they would be met. He also promised a new start with the Muslim world.

Along with the order to shut down the Guantanamo detention camp, President Obama put a stop to the CIA's use of extreme interrogation techniques on suspected terrorists. That order requires U.S. intelligence agencies to abide by guidelines laid down in the Army Field Manual. Still, the new order left some questions unanswered.

Playwright Harold Pinter came into prominence at a time when Tennessee Williams' and Arthur Miller's plays were being performed in the U.S. and Bernard Shaw and the Boulevard Comedies dominated London's West End. In contrast to the work at the time, Pinter's plays dealt with the theater of menace.

National homicide rates have remained relatively stable in recent years, with the exception of one group: black teenaged boys. A new report by Northeastern University shows that the number of homicides involving black male juveniles rose by 31 percent between 2002 to 2007. Criminology professor James Alan Fox authored the study and explains why the numbers are so high.

Retail sales have been weak this holiday season, but store owners have another chance to move goods. With Dec. 26 falling on a Friday, stores are trying to create a three-day weekend to celebrate shopping. The day began with early-morning door-buster sales and deep discounts.

British playwright and Nobel laureate Harold Pinter has died. He was 78. Pinter was known for his brooding portrayals of domestic life and his barbed politics.

The National Retail Federation has urged Obama transition officials to devote some of the stimulus package to the creation of tax holidays next year. The group wants three, 10-day periods in which there will be no state sales tax.