- Israel Puts Media Clamp on Gaza - Journalists have been barred from the battle zone in Gaza, but they are given full access to sites in Israel hit by Hamas rockets.
- The Caucus: Obama Warns of 'Trillion-Dollar Deficits' - Meeting with his economic team in Washington on Tuesday, Barack Obama warned that the country faced the prospect of “trillion-dollar deficits for years to come.”
- The Caucus: CNN Medical Correspondent as Surgeon General? - Sanjay Gupta, who performs double duty as a medical correspondent for CNN and a neurosurgeon, is a leading contender to fill the high-profile position in the Obama administration.
- Gazprom Dispute Entangles Europe - Russia’s gas price dispute with Ukraine escalated, disrupting deliveries to the European Union in the midst of a bitter cold spell.
- City Room: Theft Charges Filed in Ground Zero Project - An executive with the John Galt Corporation, the subcontractor responsible for demolition and asbestos abatement at the former Deutsche Bank building, was indicted for stealing $1.2 million.
- ArtsBeat: Author Walsch Accused of Plagiarism - Neale Donald Walsch recently posted a personal Christmas essay on Beliefnet.com nearly identical to a 10-year-old article originally published by a little-known writer in a spiritual magazine.
- Bats: Teixeira Is Introduced as Yankee - Mark Teixeira seemed like the happiest guy in the room, grinning ear to ear as the Yankees introduced him on Tuesday as their latest big-ticket free agent.
- The Lede: Rap of Grief From Bhutto Daughter - Bakhtawar Bhutto, the 18-year-old daughter of the assassinated former prime minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, has posted a rap song on YouTube expressing her anguish over her mother's death.