Sir Duke On a Quarter [News Bits]

- Obama delivering a sort of state of the union speech tonight to Congress and America.
- Obama administration may set national policy for automobile emissions standards.
- Rupert Murdoch himself personally apologizes for last week's controversial cartoon in the New York Post.
- "Culture of apartheid" at Scotland Yard?
- Duke Ellington on DC's "state" quarter, will be the first African-American on U.S. coin.
- Consumer confidence at a low 25% in February.
- NASA rocket launch fail.
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