The Special Task Force shall provide a report to the President, through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the Counsel to the President, on the matters set forth in subsection (d) within 180 days of the date of this order, unless the Chair determines that an extension is necessary.

WHITEHOUSE: Executive Order 13491 -- Ensuring Lawful Interrogations

To hear most mobile companies tell it these days, you'd think that NFC (or near field communications) is only for mobile payments.

ENGADGET: Stanford researchers demo social NFC applications on the Nexus S

The volume has picked up over the past few days, although the OBV needs to move back above the resistance (line d) to complete a bottom formation.

FORBES: The Week Ahead: Don't Be Late for the 'January Effect'

We'd go there just to lay ...(unintelligible) days.

NPR: British Folk Music, Revived

The iShares Russell 2000 Index ( IWM) regained its former uptrend, line d, over the past two days.

FORBES: Another Round of Cliff Selling?

Boren, Jim Costa (D-Calif.) and Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) are all familiar with the Capitol complex from their days as aides, while Jindal surely got to know the Hill during a stint as a political appointee at the Health and Human Services Department.

ECONOMIST: The New Congress

Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

Except economics and greed will never let that happen (although I suspect we'd see a lot users sign up for about 30-60 days).

ENGADGET: Entelligence: Have we demonized DRM?