By TODD SPANGLER • FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF • January 5, 2009 WASHINGTON - With Michigan and the nation struggling to find a bottom to the economic crisis, President-elect Barack Obama returned to the nation’s capital today two weeks ahead of his ...Video: Obama: Economy 'bad and Getting Worse' AssociatedPressObama Pitches Stimulus... (news.google.com)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) Chief Executive Steve Jobs said on Monday he had been losing weight in 2008 due to a hormone imbalance, but he has begun treatment and expects to regain his body mass by late spring.Surgery May Have Spurred Steve Jobs’s Weight Loss BloombergApple CEO's Health Update Raises Stock, More Questions CNNMoney... (news.google.com)

A missing Kansas boy's adoptive parents, who failed to report his disappearance for nearly a decade, are considered "people of interest" in the case as authorities expand their search nationwide, a sheriff said Monday. (www.newsvine.com)

President-elect Barack Obama, on his first day back here, began meeting with congressional leaders Monday to discuss a $775 billion ... (rssfeeds.usatoday.com)

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday it has begun purchasing mortgage-backed securities in an effort to bolster the battered housing market. (www.newsvine.com)

By Craig Torres Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York started buying mortgage-backed securities today as part of a $500 billion program to support the US housing market.New York Fed starts buying agency MBS ReutersFed Begins Purchases Of Mortgage-Backed Securities RTT News (news.google.com)

By Craig Torres Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York began buying mortgage-backed securities today as part of a $500 billion program to support the US housing market.New York Fed says has begun buying agency MBS ReutersFed begins buying mortgage-backed debt MarketWatch (news.google.com)