[U.S.] Phoenix office shooting: Manhunt continues, one person dead

Phoenix office shooting: Manhunt continues, one person dead
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/phoenix-police-shot-office-complex-18356688
A manhunt is underway for a 70-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting a man and injuring two others Wednesday morning at an office building in Phoenix, police said.

Obamas praying for Hadiya's family, McCarthy pledges to find killer
http://nation.time.com/2013/01/30/chicago-girl-who-performed-at-obamas-inauguration-killed-in-shooting/
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said he was unaware of a petition urging Obama to attend Hadiya's funeral. Carney did say the first family's “thoughts and prayers are with the family of Hadiya Pendleton,” who attended inauguration festivities and ...

Giffords testifies at heated Senate hearing on gun control
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/gabrielle-giffords-tells-senate-courageous-gun-control/story?id=18348682
WASHINGTON - "Speaking is difficult, but I need to say something important," former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords told her onetime colleagues.

Alabama bunker suspect faced court date, neighbors say
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20130130_ap_standoffalagunmankillsbusdriverseizesboy.html
Midland City, Alabama (CNN) -- Neighbors of Jimmy Lee Dykes say he was supposed to have been in court on Wednesday, facing charges that he'd shot at them during a December argument over the dirt road that separated their properties.

Newtown families hope massacre transforms nation
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57566406/gun-rights-advocates-shout-at-newtown-victims-dad/
Updated 9:57 PM ET. NEWTOWN, Conn. Newtown officials and parents of children killed in last month's elementary school massacre called on lawmakers Wednesday to turn the tragedy into "the moment of transformation" by banning high-powered, ...

Chuck Hagel has a waged charm offensive
http://bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2013/01/27/new-conservative-group-financed-anonymously-run-ads-against-confirmation-hagel-for-defense/WVcccenmblzojGWWu3hZBO/story.html
Chuck Hagel, the former Republican senator tapped to become the next secretary of defense, has gone on a charm offensive in the leadup to his confirmation hearing on Thursday, attempting to beat back a well-funded, aggressive campaign that has sought ...

Death penalty remains in Ft. Hood shooting case, judge rules
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/01/30/3207720/3-days-of-hearings-set-in-fort.html
HOUSTON - A military judge Wednesday ruled that an Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 shooting at Ft. Hood in Texas would still face a possible death sentence at court-martial, potentially barring a guilty plea.

Jodi Arias trial: Travis Alexander's ex-girlfriend takes the stand in Valley woman's ...
http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_phoenix_metro/central_phoenix/Jodi-Arias-trial-Travis-Alexanders-ex-girlfriend-takes-the-stand-in-Valley-womans-murder-trial
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Doctor fatally shot at Hoag Hospital outpatient center, police say
http://abcnews.go.com/US/retired-barber-shot-urologist-complained-failing-health/story?id=18355482
The man shot multiple times and killed Monday afternoon at a Hoag Hospital building in Newport Beach was a physician, police said.

Christmas tree-lighting bomb plot goes to jury
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/father-terror-suspect-fbi-brainwashed-son-18337950
PORTLAND, Ore. - The federal terrorism trial of an Oregon man accused of attempting to detonate a bomb at Portland's 2010 Christmas tree-lighting went to the jury late Wednesday afternoon.

TRENDING: Sen. Robert Menendez denies improper travel and hiring prostitutes
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2020250921_menendezprobexml.html
Washington (CNN) - Sen. Robert Menendez's office issued a statement Wednesday saying he had traveled several times on a plane belonging to a Florida eye doctor who had given political donations to Menendez but that all the trips were "paid for and ...

Mass. governor taps friend to fill Kerry seat
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-34222_162-57566640-10391739/kerrys-temporary-senate-replacement-named/
Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick (D) selected William “Mo” Cowan, his former chief of staff, to temporarily fill Sen. John F. Kerry's seat, bringing the number of African Americans in the Senate to two, a historic high.

Reversal of economic recovery?
http://560wgan.com/White-House-accuses-Republicans-of-brinkmanship-on/11435227?newsId=190632
An economy thought to be improving shocked experts today and shrank in the final three months of last year. That is a huge falloff from gains over last summer White House correspondent Wendell Goler with an explanation and reaction.

Forecast: Windy night ahead for Birmingham area
http://www.penbaypilot.com/article/high-wind-warning-effect-through-thursday-evening/9001
It's going to be a breezy night in the Birmingham area, with 15 to 20 mph winds expected until midnight, according to the National Weather Service.

Ex-Senator Is Ordered To Return $87700
http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2013/01/30/former-senator-huntley-pleads-guilty-to-conspiracy-charges/
A 74-year-old former state senator from Queens faces up to two years in prison and was ordered to repay nearly $90,000 after she admitted redirecting state money from a family-run nonprofit agency to herself.