AM BRIEF: JANUARY 24, 2011

1. Speech will Highlight Obama the Author. [The Caucus on The New York Times]
2. Iran hangs 2 men who made videos of post-election turmoil. [CNN]
3. Will the IRS extinguish Medical Marijuana? [Mother Jones]
4. John McCain: Obama has "Learned a Lot". [CBS News]
5. Report: Urgent action needed to avert global hunger. [BBC News]
6. Immigration bill concerns Kentucky's Latino community. [McClatchy from The Lexington Herald-Leader]
7. Death toll from flooding in Brazil surpasses 800. [CNN]
8. Billy Graham's Regret: 'I Would Have Steered Clear of Politics'. [Politics Daily]