BUSINESS

• GM CEO Hopes to Achieve $4B Savings in '06
  General Motors Corp. (GM) expects to achieve about $4 billion in savings this year, CEO Rick Wagoner said
• Analysts: Growing Deficit Hobbles Economy
  The United States keeps adding to its budget deficits, endangering the nation's economic health and the pocketbooks of ordinary Americans. Here's the worry: Persistent deficits will lead to higher borrowing costs, slowing economic activity.

FOXLIFE

• Academy Award Winner Shelley Winters Dies at 85
  Shelley Winters, the outspoken star who graduated from blond bombshell parts to dramas, winning Academy Awards as supporting actress in "The Diary of Anne Frank" and "A Patch of Blue," died of heart failure at The Rehabilitation Centre of Beverly Hills.
• Finnish Incumbent President Endorsed By... Conan O'Brien
  Finland's president finds her traditional support among women and the Social Democratic Party base, but lately to the surprise of many Finns and her opponents in Sunday's election, she has gotten an endorsement of a different sort.
• Major Players May Die in New Season of '24'
  Fans of FOX's '24' are feverishly speculating on who will die in the show new season, ever since word leaked on Internet and magazines that a major character was doomed.
• Man Sets Rubik's Cube Record: 11.13 Seconds
  A 20-year-old California Institute of Technology student set a new world's record Saturday for solving the popular Rubik's Cube puzzle, turning the tiled brain-twister from scrambled to solved in 11.13 seconds.

HEALTH

• Glitches Interrupt Medicare Prescriptions
  Tens of thousands of elderly poor people have had trouble getting their medicine during the first two weeks of the government's prescription drug benefit.

POLITICS

• Gonzales to Testify on NSA Surveillance Program
  U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has agreed to testify in Senate hearings on the administration's domestic surveillance program.
• First Lady Begins African Trip
  First lady Laura Bush spoke out on U.S. eavesdropping conflict and AIDS efforts as she began a four-day trip to Africa.
• Ethics Panels Uncommitted on Reforms
  Committees responsible for reviewing lawmakers' conduct have said nothing so far about congressmen, senators tied to lobbyist Jack Abramaoff.
• Timeline: Lobbying, Money and Scandal in Congress
  A look at Washington scandals that have all led to some type of congressional reforms.
• Specter Skeptical of NSA Wiretap Program
  Senate Judiciary Committee chairman holding hearings next month, says administration on shaky legal ground.
• Senators Defend Pakistan Airstrikes
  Congressional members back purported CIA airstrike intended for Al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri.
• Feinstein Warns Against Alito Filibuster
  A Democrat who plans to vote against Samuel Alito sided on Sunday with a Republican colleague on the Senate Judiciary Committee in cautioning against a filibuster of the Supreme Court nominee.
• Senators Support Iran Sanctions
  Lawmakers say U.S. shouldn't be intimidated by rising oil prices as a result of sanctions on trade with Islamic republic.
• Bush: Iran Poses a Grave Threat
  New German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seeking to improve her country's relations with President Bush on Friday, buoyed by an emerging accord designed to halt Iran's nuclear program.

SCIENCE

• NASA Capsule Returns First Comet Samples to Earth
  A space capsule carrying the first comet dust samples to Earth landed in the desert Sunday.
• Scientists Say Major Eruption in Alaska Unlikely

U.S. & WORLD

• Emir of Kuwait Dies at 79
  Sheik Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah, the emir of Kuwait, died Sunday at 79.
• Suspects ID'd in Homeless Beating
  Two Florida teenagers face murder charges after police said they were involved in beating three homeless men.
• Bodies Recovered in Montana Avalanche
  Rescuers recovered the bodies Sunday of two snowmobilers who disappeared a day earlier in an avalanche west of Glacier National Park, officials said.
• Cronkite: U.S. Should Leave Iraq Now
  Former CBS anchor Walter Cronkite says the United States should pull its troops out of Iraq now.
• Vigil Held for Shot Florida Teen
  Christopher Penley, of Winter Springs, was officially pronounced dead at 4:57 a.m. Sunday, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office said in a statement posted on their Web site.
• Iran to Hold Holocaust Validity Conference
  Iran said Sunday it would hold a conference to look at the evidence concerning the Holocaust that killed 6 milling Jews in Germany.
• U.S. Frees 500 Iraqi Inmates and Journalists
  The U.S. military frees some 500 prisoners cleared of ties to Iraq's terrorist insurgency, including a two of journalists.
• Hotel Fire in Atlanta Suburb Kills One, Injures Several
  Fire broke out in suburban Atlanta hotel early Sunday, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others.
• New Jersey Gov. Signs Smoking Ban, Casinos Excepted
  Vince Rennich and Alan Angeloni consider themselves among the losers in New Jersey's battle to ban smoking indoors.
• Sharon to Undergo Tracheotomy Successful, Hospital Says
  Israeli prime minister's surgery to wean him off a respirator is successful, hospital says.
• Senators Defend Pakistan Airstrikes
  Congress members on Sunday defended a purported CIA airstrike intended for Al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri.
• Bomb Hits Canadian Convoy in Afghanistan
  A homicide car bomb hit a Canadian military convoy in a southern Afghan city Sunday, killing two civilians and wounding 13 people.
• Worsening Weather Hinders S. Asia Quake Relief
  U.N. halts relief flights to Kashmir, where a powerful earthquake has left millions homeless in freezing temperatures.
• Court: Saddam's Trial Judge Wants to Resign
  The Iraqi tribunal confirmed Sunday that the chief judge in Saddam Hussein's trial is seeking to resign but did not indicate whether the court would allow it.
• Israel OKs Palestinian Vote
  The Israeli Cabinet voted to let Palestinians vote in east Jerusalem, intending to keep Palestinian parliamentary elections on track.
• Pakistan Condemns Deadly Strike Targeting Al Qaeda No. 2
  Two Pakistan officials say Al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman Al-Zawahiri was not at the site of a missile attack that killed 17 people in a village near the Afghan border.
• Ga. Hotel Fire Kills One, Injures Dozens
  A fire at an Atlanta Holiday Inn hotel killed one person and injured dozens.
• Finnish President Fails to Win Majority in Re-Election Bid
  Finland's left-leaning president — the Nordic country's first female head of state — failed to win enough votes to secure re-election Sunday, forcing a runoff against a conservative challenger.
• Nigerian Oil Platform Attacked, Militias Battling Troops
  Nigerian troops battled militia fighters in swamps around a Royal Dutch Shell PLC oil platform that militants attacked at dawn Sunday, the third assault on Shell oil facilities in less than a week in the troubled region.
• Sharon's Condition Remains Critical, Stable
  A test has shown activity in both sides of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's brain, but he remains comatose and in critical but stable condition, Hadassah Hospital said Saturday in its first update on the Israeli leader's condition in more than 24 hours.
• Fla. Teen Shot by SWAT Team at School Dies
  The 15-year-old boy shot by police while brandishing a pellet gun in a middle school bathroom was clinically brain dead Saturday but was being kept alive to harvest his organs, his family's attorney said.
• Iran Leader: Tehran Has Legal Right to Nuke Research
  Iran's president on Saturday denounced Western nations threatening to refer his country to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions over its nuclear program.

VIEWS

• Scandinavian Scandal, Monkey Business
  A weekly round-up of political correctness run amok.

SHOWS

• FNS w/ Chris Wallace: Transcript: Senators Weigh In on Alito Nomination
• FNS w/ Chris Wallace: Transcript: House Majority Leader Candidates on FNS
  The three congressmen hoping to replace Tom DeLay in the No. 2 position in the House make their cases for winning the seat.
• FOX & Friends: January 14 & 15
  Is Washington on a collision course with Tehran over Iran's nuclear ambition?

FOX FAN

• Divine Intervention
  Venezuelans hope for relief from poverty and political and social unrest
• Father Jonathan — A New Connection
  I look forward to using this new venue to share my views