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A time of reconciliation The U.S. Congress reconvenes to try to reconcile House and Senate versions of the health-care reform bill into something that can be passed on Barack Obama's desk by the end of the month

All shook up Elvis would have turned 75 this week, and Graceland is celebrating with films, dances, concerts, tribute shows, gospel brunches, a fashion show and even a few impersonators

The future is now The International Consumer Electronics Show runs in Las Vegas, where everyone will be looking for the next iPhone

MONDAY

Saskatchewan Roughriders general manager Eric Tillman is expected to be in Regina Provincial Court Monday for the start of his sexual assault trial.

The 52-year-old married father of two was charged almost a year ago after police spent six months investigating a complaint from a 16-year-old girl who alleged she had been sexually assaulted in 2008.

TUESDAY

U.S. President Barack Obama has summoned Homeland Security officials to meet with him in the White House Situation Room Tuesday for a thorough look at the shortcomings that permitted a would-be bomber aboard a U.S.-bound flight on Christmas Day.

WEDNESDAY

Wednesday is Epiphany, the 12th day of Christmas, which the Pope marks with a special mass, New Orleans marks with the kickoff of Mardi Gras season, and which many households mark by taking down the holiday decorations.

THURSDAY

Former Toronto business lawyer Stan Grmovsek is to be sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to an elaborate 14-year insider trading operation that made as much as $10-million using confidential data to buy stocks of companies ahead of such bullish news as takeover bids, stock buybacks or asset sales.

FRIDAY

Will the jobless economic recovery in Canada prove to be passé in 2010? Statistic Canada will reveal Friday how the work force fared in December in its latest Labour Force Survey. The last update showed employment rose by 79,000 jobs in November. But there was still a long way to go - 321,000 jobs - before employment levels bounce back to the peak of October, 2008.

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