Thursday Links

Cold, damn cold with serious snow coming.

Chrysler, Ford idle factories, GM delays new plant

Ted Haggard Featured In New Film

Space shuttles for sale: one careful owner, starting price $42m

CNN: Cheney to Emanuel: Control your VP
Vice President Dick Cheney had some blunt — and humorous — advice for incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel at a private breakfast earlier this month, CNN has learned.

Iraqi officials arrested over coup plot against prime minister

BIRD BATH- Berlin Retiree Lived with 1,500 Parakeets

Kids Asking Santa For Food, Not Toys

Washington Post: Star-Gazing Foreseen at the Inaugural Balls
Forget the millions on Metro, and the bus caravans inching in from beyond the Beltway. Barack Obama's inauguration is destined to create the greatest red-carpet gridlock in the history of the Federal City. Oprah at the Kennedy Center. Yo-Yo Ma at the swearing-in. Sting at the Harman Center.