10 things you need to know today: January 20, 2014

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1. Broncos and Seahawks head to the Super Bowl

The Seattle Seahawks beat the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night to take the NFC Championship and earn a spot in next month's Super Bowl against the Denver Broncos, who defeated the New England Patriots in the AFC title game earlier the same day. Seattle came back from a 17-10 deficit in the middle of the third quarter to win 23-17. The Broncos were led by Peyton Manning, who threw for 400 yards and two touchdowns, outplaying rival star QB Tom Brady. [New York Daily News, Reuters]

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.