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January 7, 2014 (Tuesday)

Five members of the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI, who in 1971 stole documents from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and gave them to journalists, come forth. The leak exposed COINTELPRO, a program of surveillance and blackmail against American leftists including Martin Luther King, Jr. (New York Times) (The Guardian) (New York Magazine)

United States gold winning Olympic athlete Lindsey Vonn announces she is pulling out of her run for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi due to a re-injured right knee. (Washington Post) (ESPN)

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 ;Disasters and accidents
-*Four killed in [[United States Air Force|US Air Force]] [[Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk|HH-60 Pave Hawk]] crash in England's [[Norfolk]] coast. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/norfolk-helicopter-crash-four-crew-killed-as-us-air-force-craft-crashes-into-cley-marshland-9045188.html (''The Independent'')] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25646978 (BBC)] [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/aviation/10557518/Helicopter-crash-four-killed-on-US-military-training-mission-in-north-Norfolk.html (''The Daily Telegraph'')]
+*Four killed in [[United States Air Force|US Air Force]] [[Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk|HH-60 Pave Hawk]] crash in England's [[Norfolk]] coast. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/norfolk-helicopter-crash-four-crew-killed-as-us-air-force-craft-crashes-into-cley-marshland-9045188.html (''The Independent'')] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25646978 (BBC)] [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/aviation/10557518/Helicopter-crash-four-killed-on-US-military-training-mission-in-north-Norfolk.html (''The Daily Telegraph'')]
 ;Law and crime