An Airbus 320 jetliner crashed into the Hudson River after a flock of birds apparently disabled both engines, but rescuers pulled the 155 people  aboard into boats before the plane sank. 9:19 PM

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• On ditched jetliner, a boom and then a jolt
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Johannes Mehserle, the former BART police officer who shot an unarmed man to death on an Oakland train platform early New Year's Day pleaded not guilty today to murder charges. Demian Bulwa

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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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As House leaders unveiled legislation for an unprecedented $825 billion economic stimulus, UC Berkeley economist Christina Romer said she never dreamed that her scholarship on the Great Depression would be useful in formulating current economic policy Carolyn Lochhead

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• Briton condemns war on terror as 'mistaken'
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger used a terse State of the State address to warn that California "is in a state of emergency" and "faces insolvency in weeks" without a budget deal. Matthew Yi

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