CNN, the New York Times, and most of the major news outlets are giving front page coverage to the U.S. satellite that has failed and is coming down some time in the Spring:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/us/27spy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/01/26/dead.satellite.ap/index.html
Didn't any of them see the episode of the West Wing where Donna freaks out about the Chinese satellite that is crashing down to Earth?
http://www.tv.com/the-west-wing/the-falls-gonna-kill-you/episode/33776/summary.html
