Obama Calls for Spending Freeze Lowering Corporate Taxes in State of the Union; Consumer Advocate Joan Claybrook and Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson Respond to State of the Union; Dr. Atul Gawande Compares Obama’s “Frustrating” Record on Healthcare Reform and LBJ’s Leadership in Passing Medicare; Harry Belafonte on Obama: “He Plays the Game that He Plays Because He Sees No Threat from Evidencing Concerns for the Poor;” Thousands Protest in Egypt in Largest Popular Challenge to Mubarak in 30 Years.
Today’s Headlines
* Obama Calls for Spending Freeze, Lower Corporate Taxes
* Republicans, Tea Party Respond to Obama Address
* Dems, Republicans Sit Together in Bipartisan Gesture
* Anti-Gov’t Protests Sweep Egypt; Public Gatherings Banned
* Clinton: U.S. Backs Egyptian Gov’t
* Palestine Papers: PA, Israel Discussed Targeting Palestinian Militants
* British Intelligence Aided Crackdown on Hamas
* PA Negotiator Claims Palestine Papers Endangering His Life
* U.N. Coordinator: Palestine Papers Underscore Palestinian Compromise, Israeli Intransigence
* U.S. Deaths from Roadside Bombings Soar in Afghanistan
* Suit by Families of Slain Blackwater Contractors Dismissed
* Ex-Gitmo Prisoner Sentenced to Life Term
* Indonesian Soldiers in Videotaped Torture Sentenced to Less than Year
* Emanuel Wins Appeal, Back in Chicago Mayoral Race
* Probe: Bush White House Violated Law on Campaigning