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    The News Gets Grimmer at Home and Abroad

    Barack Obama made headlines with some major appointments last week. But the bigger story was the deepening crises the new administration will face—a cratering economy domestically and a set of global challenges highlighted by the Mumbai terror attack.

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    Terror in Mumbai Is Biggest Story

    The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not issue a News Index report this week, but the data is available.

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    Cars and Appointments Dominate the News

    The future of the automobile industry became a major component of the country’s ongoing economic problems last week, and speculation about Obama’s cabinet appointments reached a new level.

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    Post-Election Narrative, A Tale of Two Women

    The big buzz surrounding the Obama transition last week was that once-fierce rival Hillary Clinton might become his Secretary of State. Meanwhile Sarah Palin, shielded from the press during the campaign, made up for lost time with a media blitz.