- The Supreme Court will review the Tom DeLay-engineered redistricting plan that allowed Texas Republicans to win more congressional seats
- A Houston judge declared a mistrial today in the first federal Vioxx case, filed by a woman whose husband died of a heart attack after taking the medication for less than a month
- Thomas Roy Kennedy, who is accused of intoxication manslaughter in connection with the death of two teens over the weekend, had his driver's license taken away today
- ConocoPhillips is reportedly in negotiations to buy Burlington Resources, a merger that would make Conoco the country's largest natural gas producer
- A federal district judge ordered the FEMA deadline for Katrina evacuees' hotel stays extended to Feb. 7
- Familes and individuals affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita have received more than $562 million in charitable, local, state and federal aid so far
- Today in stupid: Police say a Katrina evacuee stole an ambulance parked outside a hospital yesterday; the woman, who was caught nearby, said she was trying to get back to New Orleans

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