Sochi: A local Russian website says police and security officers are searching for a known female terrorist identified as Ruzana Ibragimova, 22, who may have been seen in Sochi, site of the Winter Olympics. Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is deploying 40,000 security officers for the games. “We have a perfect understanding of the scope of the threat and how to deal with it and prevent it,” he said. Local reports say officers have been knocking on doors and interviewing people they say are suspect. Putin promises ironclad security, but some have asked how, if that is so, a known terrorist could possibly have slipped into Sochi.

Nation: Two people were killed and 10 were sent to the hospital after an explosion and partial building collapse at an animal feed plant in Omaha yesterday. In Oklahoma, two workers were incinerated when a furnace exploded at a steel plant.

>Amid scandal and subpoenas, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is set to be sworn in today for his second term. But because of bad weather, he had to cancel the party planned at Ellis Island.

Polar Cub: A second wave of arctic cold and snow has descended into the Midwest and the East. Snow is expected from West Virginia all the way up through Massachusetts, with up to a foot accumulating in some areas. It’s 11 below in Minneapolis, 4 in Chicago, 6 degrees and snowing in Buffalo, 21 in NYC, and 7 in Camden, Maine. Close to 3,000 flights are already cancelled today and more than 4,000 delayed.

World: After objections by the US and the Syrian opposition in exile, the UN withdrew its invitation to Iran to take part in Syrian peace talks this week. The peace talks had been thrown into doubt by the Iran invitation. Iran backs the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and has not endorsed the purpose of the talks, which is to negotiate a transitional government that operates by “mutual consent”.

Cool: The Jamaican bobsled team has raised enough money to get to the Winter Olympics.

Boldly Going: A cheer went up in the control room when the comet-chasing spacecraft Rosetta came to after three years of hibernation. It was saving power in its trip across the universe. Rosetta is programmed to land a probe on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko next November. It would be the first landing on a comet. Launched in 2004 by the European Space Agency, Rosetta’s mission is to learn about the origins of the universe by studying the surface of the 3 by 5-mile rock.

  Credulous news outlets are reporting that the spacecraft Tweeted “Hello world” in multiple languages, which is nice, but the craft was sent to space two years before Twitter was created.

Food Groups: Americans eat 5.6 pounds of butter each, according to the American Butter Institute. It’s a 40-year-high and a big comeback for butter, which once had the reputation of cigarettes. There are two headlines here; one that butter consumption is up 65% since 2,000, and the other that butter has an organization in in Washington to lobby cats who are already fat.

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