Now that the Democrats are in the majority, Zoe Lofgren, the head of the sub-committee on immigration, thinks a deal is at least a possibility.

ECONOMIST: Immigration

If sub-prime borrowers could be helped to make better decisions, says James Carr, head of research at the Fannie Mae Foundation, sub-prime lenders would have to bring rates down, and many would get prime loans.

ECONOMIST: Lawmakers, state and federal, are mounting an attack

Their cases share a common thread -- repeated concussions, sub-concussive blows to the head, or both.

CNN: NFL wants players' suit over concussions dismissed

Infinity Ward head Mark Rubin calls Ghosts "a new sub-brand" in the CoD franchise, and it's getting a new (unnamed) game engine to boot -- another indicator that previous characters aren't involved.

ENGADGET

That was an issue highlighted by the Lords standards and conduct sub-committee headed by the former head of MI5, Baroness Manningham-Buller.

BBC: Peer Uddin may return to Lords despite owing expenses

Seau suffered sub-concussive and concussive blows to the head in the NFL, sometimes lacerating his face, court papers said.

CNN: January 23, 2013 -- Updated 2220 GMT (0620 HKT)

Small-cap growth guru Jim Oberweis of the Oberweis Report and Oberweis mutual funds thinks the second-half pick-up is no macroeconomic head fake, but he is letting go of stocks with sub-par growth prospects.

FORBES: Losing Your Laggards