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• Details in Military Notes Led to Shift on Iran, U.S. Says
  American intelligence agencies obtained notes last summer from deliberations of Iranian military officials involved in the nuclear weapons program.
• Lenders Agree to Freeze Rates on Some Loans
  The plan, seen by Democrats as too timid, is expected to contain limitations that would exclude many, if not most, subprime borrowers.
• Wary of Risk, Bankers Sold Shaky Mortgage Debt
  At the same time they were selling mortgage-related securities, many companies protected themselves from losses from a meltdown in the housing market.
• Meat Processors Look for Ways to Keep Ground Beef Safe
  Even as the beef industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars a year to keep harmful pathogens out of the meat it sells to the public, it appears to be losing ground.
• Gunman at an Omaha Mall Kills 8 and Himself
  A gunman in camouflage and wielding a rifle opened fire in a mall crowded with holiday shoppers.
• The Long Run: Pulpit Was the Springboard for Huckabee’s Rise
  Mike Huckabee’s 2008 campaign has been shaped by his two decades as an evangelical pastor and broadcaster.
• For Chávez, Reflection and Anger After Defeat
  President Hugo Chávez’s political movement is being consumed by recrimination and soul-searching, with calls by some of his followers to embrace a more pluralistic path.
• Pushed Out of Baghdad, Insurgents Move North
  A growing number of Sunni insurgents have relocated to Mosul and other places in northern Iraq as the additional forces sent by President Bush have moved to Baghdad.
• Tax Stalemate Threatens Chaos as Filing Nears
  The inability of lawmakers to agree on exactly how to limit the alternative minimum tax is threatening to throw filing season into chaos.
• Justices to Answer Detainee Rights Question
  A majority of the Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to agree that detainees were entitled to invoke some measure of constitutional protection.
• Teenage Birth Rate Rises for First Time Since ’91
  The teenage birth rate in the United States rose 3 percent in 2006, the first increase since 1991, fueling a debate about whether the Bush administration’s abstinence-only sexual education efforts are working.
• Management of Subways to Be Split
  Under an overhaul, subway lines would compete against one another and be rated on cleanliness, on-time performance and other measures.
• The Caucus Blog: Huckabee on Rapist and Murderer
  The Republican candidate will find it hard to shake off the criminal doings of a rapist paroled under his watch.
• The Lede Blog: Did Filmmaker Find bin Laden?
  The sum of its parts: Did Morgan Spurlock Find Osama bin Laden?.