At a Gaza hospital, doctors tried to revive a 12-year-old victim of the violence, but their efforts were in vain. Mahmoud died. Recording the tragedy at the hospital was his brother, freelance cameraman Ashraf Mashharawi.
President-elect Barack Obama today will call for "urgent action" on a plan to jumpstart the economy, his transition office said. In what his team is calling a major speech, Obama will make the case for quick action on his "American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan."
Historic floods in western Washington have pushed thousands to evacuate, caused the closure of a major interstate and threatened to crest every river and stream in the area, according to authorities. A voluntary evacuation has been issued for 25,000 people around the city of Fife, about five miles south of Tacoma.
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