[U.S.] Preview: The President and the Secretary of State

Preview: The President and the Secretary of State
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50139754n
President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton appear in their first joint interview when they speak together to Steve Kroft.

2 taken to hospital uninjured after small plane crashes in Hudson River
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2269310/Two-passengers-rescued-plane-crashes-New-Yorks-Hudson-River.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
YONKERS, N.Y. - New York authorities say two people have been rescued from a small plane that went down into the Hudson River off Yonkers.

Chicago gun violence: 7 killed, 6 wounded on one day
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57566080/chicagos-deadly-day-shootings-kill-7-wound-6/
A Smith & Wesson .357 magnum revolver at the Los Angeles Gun Club in Los Angeles on Dec. 7, 2012. (Kevork Djansezian/AFP/Getty Images).

Washington's Focus Turns to Immigration Reform, Obama Cabinet Picks
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/hill-prospects-brightening-immigration-reform-bill-article-1.1249015
WASHINGTON - A push for U.S. immigration reform and Senate action on President Barack Obama's cabinet picks highlight what promises to be a busy week in U.S.

Icy Blast Across Midwest
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/ontario-braces-for-ice-storm-after-it-freezes-the-us-midwest/article7899924/
Icy Blast Across Midwest. A massive ice storm is on the move from the Midwest towards the mid-Atlantic region. 01:54 | 01/27/2013.

Ryan Says Obama Ignores Fiscal Woes to Fight Republicans
http://kgmi.com/U-S-House-budget-chief-automatic-spending-cuts-goi/11461903?newsId=190033
Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, the former vice-presidential candidate, said on Sunday that President Obama was ignoring the nation's problems and was choosing instead to focus on the “political conquest” of the Republican Party.

Republican Electoral College Scheme Stirs Controversy
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2269178/Newt-Gingrich-says-Republicans-clearly-change-come-grips-reality.html
Conservatives in the Old Dominion state legislature are quietly plotting what could amount to an electoral coup d'etat: pushing forward a bill that would have delivered the majority of the state's electoral votes to Mitt Romney, days after erasing a Democratic ...

Republicans Bristle at Obama's New Roster
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/us/politics/secret-donors-finance-fight-against-hagel.html?pagewanted=all
President Barack Obama's most recent nominations and appointments show that he is assembling a muscular senior team of trusted allies to carry out his second-term plans, without concern for Republican sensitivities, some GOP officials say.

De Blasio, Announcing Mayoral Bid, Pledges to Help People City Hall Forgot
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/democrat-bill-de-blasio-formalizes-mayoral-run-article-1.1249086
Pledging to “leave no New Yorker behind” by focusing on public education and neighborhood and pocketbook issues, Bill de Blasio, the city's public advocate, announced on Sunday that he was entering the race to become the city's next mayor.

Fraud concerns linger as Ill. institutes law issuing driver's licenses to illegal ...
http://nation.time.com/2013/01/27/illinois-to-allow-immigrants-to-get-licenses/
CHICAGO - As Illinois becomes the fourth and most populous state to give illegal immigrants permission to drive, nagging concerns remain about whether there are enough safeguards to avoid the identity fraud and other pitfalls other states faced.

Feinstein has assurance assault weapon ban will get a vote
http://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/Leading-Democrat-Gun-control-faces-uphill-climb-4227072.php
WASHINGTON | Sun Jan 27, 2013 1:10pm EST. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The senator leading the charge to revive a assault weapons ban conceded on Sunday, just days before hearings on gun control open, that winning Senate passage will be tough but ...

Political observers question governor's rollout of complicated tax strategy
http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/01/27/political-observers-question-governor-rollout-complicated-tax-strategy/SPEVm2BZDDVceTjELBYdZI/story.html
For two weeks, it seemed like Governor Deval Patrick's proposed tax hikes might never stop coming. First, he announced a plan to raise the income tax in his annual State of the Commonwealth speech.

Harkin retirement makes 2014 harder for Democrats
http://www.npr.org/2013/01/26/170346385/iowas-sen-harkin-wont-seek-6th-term
With barely a moment to celebrate an increase in their U.S. Senate majority, Democrats face a steeper challenge in keeping control of the chamber in 2014, thanks to the surprise retirements of two senior Democratic senators.

Anonymous re-hacks US Sentencing site into video game Asteroids
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/disruptions-a-fuzzy-and-shifting-line-between-hacker-and-criminal/
Summary: The U.S. Sentencing Commission website has been hacked a second time. A code distributed by Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns ussc.

Congressional views on gun-control proposals divide largely along party lines
http://560wgan.com/Obama-says-rural-voices-need-to-be-heard-in-gun-de/11435227?newsId=190002
North Carolina's two senators and 13 congressional members generally reflect the partisan divide on President Barack Obama's gun-control proposals.