1.  Anyone still without electricity today should take immediate precautions to protect plumbing lines from freezing.

2.  Anything short of this may take the cultural agenda out of the hands of pornographers only to give it to someone worse.

3.  Democrats should take heart that the new majority has chosen such a fake and hypocrite to run the show in the House.

4.  Discussions have taken place between officials at Massachusetts and Connecticut to create a long-awaited series between the two men's basketball teams.

5.  Dickerson is taking advantage of the lockout to complete his degree work.

6.  DLJ is taking advantage of the rally in shares of brokerage firms to sell stock to the public.

7.  Dole has taken the opportunity to distinguish himself from other GOP contenders who are further to the right.

8.  Dr. Fareed Abdullah, deputy head of Western Cape's provincial health department, has taken pains to hire and train enthusiastic new counselors.

9.  Drexler is taking his return to school quite literally.

10.  Dynegy will take a $300 million one-time charge in the first quarter to write down the worth of its telecommunications business.