'Happy' Friday, World
House Republicans congratulated themselves on their united opposition to the stimulus bill, which still passed overwhelmingly. [ Washington Post ]
Shimon Peres and the prime minister of Turkey had a very public dispute onstage during the World Economic Forum, but don't worry, Israel is not going to bomb Turkey. (Yet!) [ AP ]
Gross domestic product figures for Q4 come out soon; expect them to be horribly depressing. [ USA Today ]
Republicans elect their national democratic chair today. [ Detroit Free Press ]
Wall Street executives are coming under heavy fire for continuing to collect bonuses even though they lost hundreds of billions of dollars on behalf of their employers last year. [ Bloomberg ]
Stressed-out soldiers are commiting suicide at unprecedented rates. Many experts suspect that interminable overseas deployments have not helped. [ Los Angeles Times ]