Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2009

"A-list stars and an equally diverse crowd jammed the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial to celebrate the nation and its historic president-elect yesterday," The Washington Post noted this morning. Indeed, "entertainment royalty" made headlines and images of Bruce Springsteen, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Denzel Washington and others appeared in print and broadcast coverage. But today's most poignant image might actually come from Newsday on Long Island, almost 400 miles from the Mall in Washington. A photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. filled Newsday's tabloid front page. Inset was a photo of the president-elect with a quote that began among African Americans and went viral during the campaign: "Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama ran so we can all fly."

A Miracle on the Hudson

No deaths or serious injuries are being reported after a US Airways plane with 155 people on board went down in the Hudson River. The plane that took off from LaGuardia airport apparently hit a flock of birds that disabled two engines.

Newsday on Long Island published a staff-written story on its Web site: "Jet crashes into Hudson River; all passengers rescued." The site offered video and photos and asked readers for the names of passengers on the flight.

From the plane's destination in Charlotte, N.C., The Observer reported that a passenger called a neighbor by cell phone from a rescue ferry and that Bank of America and Wells Fargo confirmed some employees of the Charlotte-based banks were on the flight. The Observer also had a photo gallery of AP photos and stills taken from TV video. Among the photos was a shot of passengers standing on a wing waiting to be rescued.

"Ferries and other boats quickly converged to help with a rescue effort, as the plane drifted south in the water," The New York Times Web site said.

The Observer's "All survive crash of Charlotte-bound flight" and The Washington Post's "'A Miracle on the Hudson'" headlines were reminiscent of the "Miracle" headline in the first edition of USA TODAY.