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A wife and son decided to cheer up a dad after the family had to put down its 15-year old Maltese by asking him to help unload the groceries from the car and surprising him with a new puppy. TODAY's Willie Geist reports. (TODAY)
Congressman Peter King (R-NY) explains his initial outrage over Congress' failure to pass a bill giving $60 billion in aid to Superstorm Sandy victims, telling TODAY's Matt Lauer, "I had to do what I did for the voters of my district." (TODAY)
The 113th Congress convenes, welcoming dozens of new members amid a deep political divisions in the House and Senate. One of the first items on the agenda will be a vote to allocate aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports. (TODAY)
Students return to class for the first time since a gunman killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. They are attending a neighboring school that has been filled with items from the original building. NBC's Rehema Ellis reports. (TODAY)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been released from a New York City hospital where she was receiving treatment for a blood clot near her brain. Doctors say they expect her to make a complete recovery. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports. (TODAY)
Bill Berloni, director of animal behavior for the Humane Society of New York, shares a few tips on how to teach new dogs some very simple but very important behaviors. (TODAY)
Anja Winikka, site director of TheKnot.com, shares the best deals on the trendiest wedding gown and bridesmaid dresses for 2013, which can help paint a "princess-worthy" picture while saving you thousands of dollars. (TODAY)
David Zinczenko, the author of "The 8-Hour Diet," and JJ Virgin, author of "The Virgin Diet," share two diets for the new year that incorporate numbers. With the 8-Hour Diet, you eat the foods you choose within an 8-hour period, exercise for eight minutes, and incorporate eight power foods. On the Virgin Diet, you drop seven foods from your diet to lose seven pounds in seven days. (TODAY)
TODAY's Hoda Kotb is joined by Libby O'Connell, chief historian at the History channel, to provide the answers as Meredith Vieria quizzes viewers on the origins of sayings like "beating around the bush." (TODAY)
