Monday, February 25, 2013

[U.S.] Deal on automatic spending cuts is unlikely

Deal on automatic spending cuts is unlikely
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/lJShwwErlTlD5fjMoqA6eJ/White-House-warns-states-of-looming-pain-from-1-March-budget.html
WASHINGTON - The White House and congressional Republicans intensified their differences Sunday over how to deal with automatic spending cuts slated to take effect Friday, raising the possibility that the political standoff could curtail many government ...

Arias Resumes Testimony in Arizona...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/arias-resumes-testimony-arizona-murder-trial-18587383
Jodi Arias resumes testimony Monday in her Arizona murder trial after the start of a withering cross-examination last week by a prosecutor working to poke holes in her numerous stories.

Legal pot in Colo., Wash. poses growing dilemma
http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Legal-pot-in-Colo-Wash-poses-growing-dilemma-4305296.php
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - It may be called weed, but marijuana is legendarily hard to grow. Now that the drug has been made legal in Washington and Colorado, growers face a dilemma.

Search for 4 missing boaters, including 2 children, in waters south of San ...
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/02/25/search-for-4-missing-boaters-including-2-children-in-waters-south-san-francisco/
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - The Coast Guard was searching the rough waters south of San Francisco late Sunday for four people, including two children under 8, who went missing after they reported their sailboat was sinking.

'Crippling' winter storm bearing down on Great Plains region, forecasters say
http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/apArticle/id/DA4LGUP01/
(CNN) -- Call it winter weather, part two. Just days after a storm walloped the Great Plains, a second one, bringing with it heavy snow and strong winds, was slamming the region early Monday, forcing airline cancellations and school closures from Colorado to ...

Rapper among dead after shooting, fiery crash on Las Vegas Strip
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20130222_ap_maseratidriverinvegasshootingcrashwasrapper.html
Las Vegas (CNN) -- A shooting and a fiery crash left three people dead in the neon heart of the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, and police scrambled to find out who triggered the carnage.

Dorner case: Slain couple remembered for their love, dedication
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/orange_county&id=9004771
On the same Concordia University campus where Monica Quan and Keith Lawrence met and fell in love, friends and family remembered the young couple Sunday for their humility, selflessness and love of basketball.

In Virginia and Washington, Republicans back tax hikes
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/transpo-plan-passage-a-big-win-for-mcdonnell-88002.html
RICHMOND - The dam holding back tax increases broke in Virginia this weekend as scores of Republicans - including a potential presidential contender - joined Democrats to endorse raising revenue to pay for transportation projects.

New Accusations of Communism at Harvard
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/02/ted-cruz-responds-harvard-law-was-full-of-communists.html
According to Republican Senator Ted Cruz from Texas, Harvard Law School was more Red than Crimson as recently as 1995, when he graduated.

Can escape clause save voting rights provision?
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hhZiC2gpdIJyE9xcPfMAU-3m62oA?docId=9125158ca41848a9a792048b9414b128
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration and civil rights groups are defending a key section of the landmark voting rights law at the Supreme Court by pointing reformed state, county and local governments to an escape hatch from the law's strictest ...

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