Federal investigators say that both engines are missing from the US Airways jetliner that ditched as reports surfaced that the pilot rejected two potential airport landings.

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The investment fund run by disgraced money manager Bernard Madoff may not have made even a single trade, a new twist in the scandal around an alleged $50 billion fraud.

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In Ohio, President-elect Barack Obama promoted his plans to create long-lasting, well-paying jobs in cutting-edge industries like alternative energy to help pull the country out of recession.

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• Poll finds broad support for Obama

Forecasters say temperatures in the upper Midwest could be the coldest in years today as chilly Arctic air keeps spilling south from Canada.

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The Senate approved a major expansion of wilderness areas nationwide Thursday, protecting more than 2 million acres of public land from drilling, logging and mining, including 735,000 acres across California. Zachary Coile

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• Wilderness package includes 735 acres in state
• Federal agency approves Cape Cod wind farm