[U.S.] Adults Taking GED Urged To Finish This Year

Adults Taking GED Urged To Finish This Year
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/students-urged-finish-ged-due-2014-18524681
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) - Students working on getting their General Education Development (GED) certificate are urged to finish up this year, before the test for a high school equivalency diploma changes and they have to start all over.

White House Immigration Plan Leaked
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323495104578310280625025410.html
President Barack Obama speaking about immigration overhaul at a Las Vegas high school last month. WASHINGTONâ€"New details of a White House immigration plan have been released, upsetting Senate Republicans working on a bipartisan bill and ...

Maker's Mark to Restore Alcohol Content...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2013/02/17/maker-s-mark-won-t-cut-proof.html
After backlash from customers, the producer of Maker's Mark bourbon is reversing a decision to cut the amount of alcohol in bottles of its famous whiskey.

President Obama, Tiger Woods tee it up in Florida
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/9876269/Barack-Obama-plays-golf-with-Tiger-Woods.html
Talk about a dynamic duo. President Obama, the nation's first golfer, reportedly teed it up Sunday with Tiger Woods, their first golf outing together.

Thousands demand action on climate change
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/thousands-rally-against-keystone-in-washington-1.1160212
President Obama said in his State of the Union Address that if lawmakers don't act on climate change, he will. Protesters say they are holding him to his word.

Ill. woman killed same day sister sat behind Obama
http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/national/chicago-woman-shot-and-killed-just-hours-after-her-sister-attends-obama-speech-on-violence
CHICAGO (AP) - An 18-year-old Chicago woman was killed the same day her sister had sat on the stage behind President Barack Obama, listening to him push for gun control legislation.

Mourdock not ruling out another run for office
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/mourdock-wont-rule-out-another-run-for-office
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock says he hasn't ruled out another run for political office - something he said he considered after his narrow loss for a U.S.

Storm brings snow, gusty winds to New England
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/16/16987468-high-winds-snow-hit-new-england?lite
By Daniel Lovering. CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Sun Feb 17, 2013 3:13pm EST. CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - A snowstorm slammed coastal New England, including Boston, on Sunday and was heading for eastern Maine and Atlantic Canada, ...

Community emerging as theme after Newtown shooting
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Community-emerging-as-theme-after-Newtown-shooting-4285848.php
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Ian and Nicole Hockley lived across the street from Adam Lanza, but they never got to know him or his family before the 20-year-old gunman killed their young son and 25 other people inside Sandy Hook Elementary School.

McCain Confident Hagel Will Be Confirmed
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/GOP-foe-of-Hagel-s-nomination-says-let-vote-go-on-4285659.php
Former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, nominated as defense secretary, will be confirmed by the Senate later this month, one of his most outspoken critics predicted Sunday.

Survivors and relatives, some in tears, gather to remember RI nightclub fire 10 ...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hSjxjkCUnlVloaGiNoTjo0xpt6dg?docId=7a3418d9bf5e4d85b9cbaf2431826022
WEST WARWICK, R.I. - Survivors and victims' relatives, some in tears, others bearing flowers, gathered in bitter cold and snow Sunday to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people and spoke of missing their loved ones and ...

STORY REMOVED: BC-US--Paul-Immigration
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/congressional/20130217_ap_senpaulvoterswanttoroundupimmigrants.html
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Associated Press has withdrawn its story about Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., saying he sees some in the his party favoring a 2016 presidential candidate with an immigration policy that would ''round up people ... and send them back to ...

FBI: Man Slaps Crying Toddler on Flight
http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/top-news/191599081.html
According to a report from The Smoking Gun, a 60-year-old man has been charged with simple assault after allegedly slapping a crying baby during their flight preparing to land in Atlanta earlier this month.