NPR 2009-01-17（在线收听）

Crews are searching the Hudson River for the engines from the US Airways jet that was forced to make an emergency landing in the water yesterday. National Transportation Safety Board spokesperson Kitty Higgins says they are also trying to lift the body of the aircraft out of the water. "The plan is to lift that plane to put it on a barge, thus secure it on that barge and then we will remove the recorders." All 155 people on board the flight survived  the remarkable water landing.

Circuit City announced today it's going out of business in the US. The company filed for bankruptcy in November but has not been able to reach a sales or refinancing deal. More than 30, 000 workers will be laid off, 567 US stores will begin liquidating tomorrow.

President-elect Barack Obama was in Bedford Heights, Ohio today on a new campaign to sell the public on his economic recovery plan. From member station WCPN in Cleveland Dan Bobkoff reports.

President-elect Obama is trying to build support for the over $800 billion economic stimulus plan. He hopes Congress will approve quickly. After touring a suburban Cleveland producer of parts for wind turbines, Mr. Obama touted his proposal to double the amount of renewable energy produced in the US within three years, that he says will contribute to the 3 to 4 million jobs he hopes to create with the stimulus. "We're not looking to create just any kind of jobs here. We're looking to create good jobs that pay well and can't be shipped overseas." But Mr. Obama warned that even with the massive stimulus plan, recovery will be slow and things could get worse before they improve. For NPR News, I'm Dan Bobkoff in Cleveland.

Israel's security cabinet is scheduled to vote tomorrow night on an Egyptian mediated proposal to halt its offensive in Gaza and the US has agreed to lead international efforts to stop weapons from being smuggled into Gaza, an Israeli condition for a ceasefire. Meanwhile, Israel continued to pound Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, fuelling more Arab anger. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports from Cairo.

Protests were staged across the Arab and Muslim world on this Muslim Holy Day although the focus was as much on collecting donations to relieve the Palestinian suffering as on condemning the violence. In Cairo, further talks were held on the parameters of the ceasefire and officials said they hoped the accord might be finalized soon. Israel won new assurances from Washington on efforts to halt weapons smuggling into Gaza via tunnels from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. In Qatar, Arab leaders released a statement condemning the Israeli military operation in Gaza and asking that Israel be held "criminally accountable" for what they called "widespread and blatant violations of international law". Qatar and Mauritania also announced that they were freezing political and economic ties with the Jewish state. Peter Kenyon, NPR News, Cairo.

On Wall Street today, the Dow closed up 68 points at 8,281. The NASDAQ gained 17 to close at 1,529. This is NPR.

The Treasury Department says it'll lend $1.5 billion to Chrysler's financing arm so that the company can offer consumers new vehicle loans in order to boost sales. The new assistance is an addition to last month's $17.4 billion in Federal loans for both Chrysler and General Motors.

Bitter cold continues to grip the Great Lakes region today. Residents in the Detroit Metropolitan Area watched their thermometers plunge to a record low this morning. Detroit Public Radio's Amy Miller has more.

A stubborn Arctic air mass has been stuck over the Great Lakes region since Tuesday. Nighttime temperatures are well below zero. National Weather Service forecaster Richard Bormann says Arctic air masses aren't uncommon but it's been 15 years since Michigan has seen a stretch of cold weather like this. "With tonight's low temperature for Saturday morning, we should fall well below zero again and with it falling below zero there will be four mornings in a row of below zero temperatures. We haven't had a streak like that since the Arctic gale break in 1994." This morning's minus 15 degrees broke the previous record set nearly 40 years ago. In addition to the below zero temperatures, wind chills have been as cold as 30 below. Forecasters say Sunday should be warmer with a higher amid twenties. For NPR News, I'm Amy Miller in Detroit.

American artist Andrew Wyeth died in his sleep this morning at the age of 91. One of the county's most respected painters, Wyeth was most famous for haunting melancholy paintings of New England's countryside and people. He drew widespread attention for a series of so called Helga portrait more than 200 paintings and sketches of a blonde woman who was his neighbor and assistant.