Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1.
Chief of staff Jack Lew would become Treasury Secretary as the administration braces for Republican battles over national debt.
2.
Vice President Joe Biden meets with sportsmen and the National Rifle Association as he develops Obama’s gun control plan.
3.
A study says more Americans die of violent deaths than in any other wealthy country in the world.
4.
A lawyer says police beat the five men charged with the assault and killing of a young woman aboard a moving bus.
5.
Tickets for Obama’s swearing-in are being peddled on eBay and Craigslist for up to $2,000 apiece.
6.
How many soldiers are needed to protect diplomats will be a likely topic as Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
7.
At least 70 people were hurt when the Seastreak Wall Street slammed into a lower Manhattan dock.
8.
Hasbro is holding a Facebook contest to eliminate one of the eight Monopoly player tokens and introduce another one.
9.
For only the second time in four decades, no player is selected for baseball’s Hall of Fame.
10.
“Lincoln,” “Zero Dark Thirty” and “Les Miserables” are all favorites to become multiple Oscar nominees at 8:38 a.m.
