21+JANV

 **** __Obama Weighs Paring Goals for Health Bill__ **** By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN With Democrats reeling from a Senate loss in Massachusetts, President Obama signaled that he might be willing to set aside his goal of achieving near-universal health care.

**** __Energy and Stealth of G.O.P. Groups Undid a Sure Bet__ **** By ADAM NAGOURNEY, JEFF ZELENY, KATE ZERNIKE and MICHAEL COOPER As conservatives mobilized, Democrats paid little attention to a contest that should have been nothing to worry about.

**** __Taliban Overhaul Their Image in Bid to Win Allies__ **** By ALISSA J. RUBIN The Taliban are on a mission to soften their image as they try to counter the Americans’ new campaign. **** __Nightmare in Haiti: Untreated Illness and Injury__ **** By MARC LACEY Even after an aftershock, the biggest danger facing survivors was untreated wounds and rising disease.

**** __Exodus to Countryside Reverses Long Trend__ **** By DAMIEN CAVE Thousands are fleeing Port-au-Prince and going back to the small villages and coastal towns they came from.

**** __Haiti’s Many Troubles Keep Bodies Uncounted__ **** By SIMON ROMERO and NEIL MacFARQUHAR The simple truth is that no accurate death toll exists. **** __F.B.I. Charges Arms Sellers With Foreign Bribes__ **** By DIANA B. HENRIQUES The case against 22 top-level arms industry executives is the biggest prosecution of individuals for foreign corporate bribery ever pursued by the Justice Department.

**** __Annual Poll of Freshmen Shows Effect of Recession__ **** By KATE ZERNIKE The recession hit this year’s college freshmen hard, affecting how they chose a school as well as their ability to pay for it, according to an annual nationwide survey.

**** __Man Surrenders in Virginia Killings__ **** By IAN URBINA and THEO EMERY Christopher Speight, 39, who is suspected of firing on law enforcement officers after the killings, turned himself in. **** __Obama to Propose Limits on Risks Taken by Banks__ **** By JACKIE CALMES and LOUIS UCHITELLE The president will throw his weight behind a stronger approach to financial regulation, limiting the size of the largest banks and their risk-taking activities.

**** __F.B.I. Charges Arms Sellers With Foreign Bribes__ **** By DIANA B. HENRIQUES The case against 22 top-level arms industry executives is the biggest prosecution of individuals for foreign corporate bribery ever pursued by the Justice Department.

**** __If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMe__ **** By ASHLEE VANCE People favor simple passwords, despite Internet security scares like the recent attacks on Google’s e-mail service.