[U.S.] Files may reveal what the Catholic Church in Los Angeles knew about sex abuse

Files may reveal what the Catholic Church in Los Angeles knew about sex abuse
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/LA-archbishop-relieves-retired-cardinal-of-duties-4238123.php
(CNN) -- A California judge has forced the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to release some 12,000 pages of church documents revealing how it handled allegations of priest sexual abuse.

Alabama standoff: Negotiators talking to captor through pipe
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57567060/alabama-standoff-negotiators-talking-to-captor-through-pipe/
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. More than three days after he allegedly shot a school bus driver dead, grabbed a kindergartner and slipped into an underground bunker, Jimmy Lee Dykes was showing no signs of turning himself over to police.

Does Hagel have enough support to get confirmed?
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/chuck-hagel-facing-colleagues-defense-secretary-nominee/story?id=18365695
president Barack Obama's pick to be the next secretary of defense and that's former senator Chuck Hagel he came under heavy fire today.

NY inmates help build ice palace in Adirondacks
http://www.adn.com/2013/02/01/2773273/ny-inmates-help-build-ice-palace.html
SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. (AP) - It's a far cry from breaking rocks in the hot sun on a chain gang. In New York's Adirondack Mountains, inmates break ice on a frozen lake to make a giant winter palace.

Metal detectors at Ga. school where student shot
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Metal-detectors-at-Ga-school-where-student-shot-4241922.php
ATLANTA (AP) - A middle school where a 14-year-old boy was shot and wounded in the neck by a fellow student had metal detectors, and school officials were investigating how the shooter made it past them.

Kerry Says Goodbye to the Senate
http://bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2013/02/01/john-kerry-now-known-secretary-reflects-his-political-journey/Q73YnFOiYAW4qrBl9cAIyO/story.html
With his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, looking on from the gallery overhead, Mr. Kerry, 69, spoke on the chamber floor for 50 minutes about his career, which began on a wave of anti-war activism and included a failed 2004 presidential run against President ...

Oregon man found guilty in 2010 Christmas tree-lighting terror plot
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57567019/oregon-man-found-guilty-in-2010-christmas-tree-lighting-terror-plot/
PORTLAND, Ore. A federal jury found an Oregon man guilty of federal terrorism charges on Thursday, rejecting the defense team's argument that Mohamed Mohamud was entrapped or induced by a yearlong FBI sting that began to target him when he was a ...

Prosecutor Shot to Death in a Town Near Dallas
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/01/us/prosecutor-fatally-shot-in-town-near-dallas.html
KAUFMAN, Tex. - A county prosecutor in this small town southeast of Dallas was fatally shot on Thursday morning near the courthouse by one or perhaps two gunmen, whom witnesses described as wearing masks, black clothing and tactical-style vests, the ...

Thank Hillary Clinton and leave your data too
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/hillary-clinton-data-87036.html
Dear reader: A Democratic interest group needs you - yes, you! - to help thank Hillary Clinton for her service as secretary of State.

Biden to Iran: Time for diplomacy over nukes not unlimited
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/joe-biden-gun-laws-offer-no-guarantees-87012.html
The window of opportunity for diplomacy over Iran's nuclear program "will not be opened indefinitely," US Vice President Joe Biden warned in an interview with the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung on Friday.

Fla. back on track with Race to the Top
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/01/3211443/fla-back-on-track-with-race-to.html
MIAMI -- A year after Florida was put on warning for falling behind on its $700 million Race to the Top grant projects, U.S. Department of Education officials say the state has regained its momentum.

Country star Randy Travis fined for drunk, naked crash
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/randy-travis-enter-drunken-driving-plea-18362711
RANDY Travis has pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in a case that began last year when the country music star was found naked after crashing his Pontiac Trans Am.

Pols wish ailing Ed could see 'Koch'
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/pols-ailing-ed-koch-article-1.1250837?localLinksEnabled=false
A-listers from the New York's political world gathered Tuesday at the premiere of a documentary about former mayor Ed Koch - all moved by the absence of the irascible and outspoken Democrat the film celebrates.

Senate approves 'no budget, no pay' bill
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/xrichiooo5IYPiwo9e7oRI/Congress-sends-Barack-Obama-bill-to-raise-debt-ceiling.html
The senate has signed off on pushing the debt limit deadline to the middle of may. Senators approved the house bill that also includes a provision some insiders are calling a bad idea whose time has come.

Poll: Lots of support for women's pay equity
http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/177407/poll-lots-of-support-for-womens-pay-equity/
Quinnipiac University's Polling Institute this morning doled out the second installment of its recent New York polling, confirming widespread popular support for many of the items on Gov.