3 January 2011: Morning
By The Morning News
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As lawmakers depart their D.C. offices and new ones move in, their aides scramble to find new jobs.
One-term Democrat Alan Grayson leaves office, though not without hurling barbs at his own party and "tool of special interest" Boehner.
In contrast to Pelosi's gala inauguration, Boehner choreographs a stark event, will skip the LeAnn Rimes concert.
In his last night of office, Schwarzenegger rewards allies with government jobs, commutes the prison sentence of a friend's son.
"It's true that we did not blow up all the boxes I intended to blow up." The governator's legacy is still under review.
Photographer James Reynolds depicts death row prisoners' last meal requests.
Related: Danny Gregory's "Death Row Diaries" part one and part two.
"I think about how drunk am I going to be." Actors in long-running Broadway shows prepare for their closing nights.
Actor Pete Postlethwaite (whose notable credits are too lengthy to list here) dies, age 64.
In the U.S., the shift from broadcast TV to cable continues, and viewership is up everywhere except cable news.
Air Force to deploy airborne surveillance system over Afghanistan that can monitor an entire town.
The longest period of peace in Europe since the height of the Roman Empire. Reasons to be cheerful.
Happy New Year! This will be today's only update, but we'll be back for a full day of publishing tomorrow.
