23+JANV

 **** __Bernanke’s Bid for a Second Term at the Fed Hits Resistance__ **** By SEWELL CHAN and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN Even if Ben S. Bernanke’s nomination is approved, the anxiety surrounding it shows how both parties are trying to understand anger toward the government and Wall Street.

**** __Campaign Finance Case Calls 24 States’ Laws Into Question__ **** By IAN URBINA A Supreme Court decision does not overturn all relevant state laws, experts said, but the laws will face court challenges or will be repealed by legislatures.

****A PARISH TESTED**** **** __Haiti’s Aftershocks Felt at a School in New York__ **** By ANNE BARNARD At a place where most students are Haitian-American, the earthquake is being felt in an intense way. **** __Obstacles to Recovery in Haiti May Prove Daunting Beyond Other Disasters__ **** By RAY RIVERA The relief effort in Haiti could end up being the most difficult, faith-testing recovery from a modern disaster, according to aid groups.

**** __Haiti’s Icon of Power, Now Palace for Ghosts__ **** By MARC LACEY Usually a bustling place with tight security, it is a ghost palace, eerily silent and profoundly destroyed.

**** __Haitian Mother Didn’t Give Up on Son, Who Eventually Was Pulled From Ruins__ **** By SIMON ROMERO After 10 days, a rescue from under a collapsed house in Port-au-Prince offered hope that still others may be found alive. **** __Simulators Prepare Soldiers for Explosive Attacks in War__ **** By JAMES DAO The Pentagon is trying to harness the high-tech wizardry of the entertainment industry to train soldiers in dealing with improvised explosive devices.

**** __Republicans Strain to Ride Tea Party Tiger__ **** By KATE ZERNIKE As they look to make gains this year, Republicans are trying to harness the Tea Party energy that helped make an unknown the senator-elect from Massachusetts.

**** __Executives Urge Public Financing for Campaigns__ **** By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS In a letter to Congressional leaders on Friday, about 40 executives urged Congress to approve public financing for House and Senate campaigns. **** __Defending Their Dealerships__ **** By NICK BUNKLEY Hundreds of General Motors and Chrysler dealers are fighting to get back their businesses through an arbitration process that will begin next week.

****YOUR MONEY**** **** __Free Checking Could Go the Way of Free Toasters__ **** By RON LIEBER Overdraft fees had helped to subsidize free checking, but as those fees begin to fall, free checking may disappear.

**** __Banks May Get Help to Escape Risk Limits__ **** By LOUISE STORY and ERIC DASH Policy makers are considering allowing bank holding companies to drop that status to avoid proposed limits on banks with federally insured deposits