- A Delta plane bound for Ohio returned to the gate at Logan Airport on Friday after a pilot smelled smoke. All 28 passengers were evacuated, and no injuries were reported. [WCVB]
- Massachusetts wants to buy the 16-acre US Postal Service mail-sorting facility near South Station in order to expand commuter rail service for the region. The plan would develop 11 tracks for commuter rail and Amtrak networks. [Boston Globe]
- Could the distribution of federal education dollars depend on local teachers unions? [Boston Herald]
- Rochelle Sivan, the chair of the Framingham Democratic Town Committee, resigned from the party over philosophical differences including the recently passed Senate health care bill. [Boston Globe]
- Elvis would be 75 years old today. [New York Times]
- A rare Allen's Hummingbird is wintering in Harwich Port. This marks just the third sighting ever in Massachusetts for this bird, which normally doesn't come this far north. [Cape Cod Times]
- If Channel 13 on your Comcast dial is reserved by Duxbury Public Access Television, you can enjoy the Palestine Film Series tonight, and each Friday in January, at 9 p.m.. Bostonist didn't even know there was a Palestine Film Series. [WickedLocal.com]
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