[U.S.] In sniper Chris Kyle's shooting death, postwar worlds collide

In sniper Chris Kyle's shooting death, postwar worlds collide
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57567354/iraq-vet-eddie-ray-routh-25-charged-in-murder-of-ex-navy-seal-chris-kyle-and-a-friend/
A killer and a survivor, Chris Kyle had left the dust-worn places where he had to worry about enemy fire -- or even friendly fire.

Alabama town gathers to bury bus driver slain in hostage-taking
http://abcnews.go.com/US/alabama-hostage-standoff-enters-sixth-day-boy-made/story?id=18390812
By Nadine Alfa. MIDLAND CITY, Alabama | Sun Feb 3, 2013 8:13pm EST. MIDLAND CITY, Alabama (Reuters) - Mourners in the small town of Midland City, Alabama, gathered on Sunday to bury a school bus driver slain during the abduction of a child taken ...

Obama Talks Football, Gender Issues, Taxes Before Super Bowl
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-pn-obama-gay-boy-scouts-20130203,0,5708600.story
As the nation geared up for the Super Bowl XLVII matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens, President Obama said he stood by his recent comments that as a parent he'd hesitate allowing his children to play football and that he viewed ...

Univerisity of Texas Board takes no action on Major Applewhite; launches policy ...
http://www.complex.com/sports/2013/02/texas-assistant-coach-major-applewhite-admits-to-inappropriate-behavior-with-adult-student
The University of Texas System's Board of Regents met for a little more than two hours by conference call Sunday, discussing recent revelations of inappropriate behavior by coaches with students, but took no action.

Dorothy Rabinowitz: Chuck Hagel's Defenseless Performance
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324445904578281851978137578.html
Dorothy Rabinowitz: Chuck Hagel's Defenseless Performance. Nothing could have harmed the nominee for secretary of defense more than his own confirmation answers.

Reid details positions in gun debate
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-senate-majority-leader-harry-reid/story?id=18367511
The Senate's top Democrat offered fresh details Sunday about his position in the renewed debate over guns, as he endorsed expanding background checks on gun sales and promised to consider bans on assault-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition ...

Panetta: 'My Mission Has Always Been To Keep The Country Safe'
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/03/170970194/panetta-my-mission-has-always-been-to-keep-the-country-safe
For more than 40 years, Leon Panetta has split his life on two coasts: his home in California and his work in Washington, D.C. It's a career that included 16 years in Congress, stints as White House chief of staff for President Clinton, and as the head of the CIA ...

Chris Wallace To NRA's Wayne LaPierre: 'That's Ridiculous And You Know It ...
http://www.wbur.org/2013/02/03/gun-checks
Chris Wallace had some rather testy exchanges with NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre on his Sunday program. In a particularly heated moment, the Fox News host asked LaPierre if he regretted running the controversial ad that attacked ...

Stamp ceremony kicks off day in Parks' honor
http://www.clickondetroit.com/community/Rosa-L-Parks-Scholarship-Foundation-gala-commemorates-100th-anniversary-of-Parks-birth/-/2207168/18377382/-/dmqcniz/-/index.html
The Postal Service is releasing a stamp in Rosa Parks' honor on Monday. GAN ROSA PARKS STAMP 012213. The new Rosa Parks Forever stamp being launched nationwide in Dearborn, Mich.

Snow expected to fall through Friday with cold temperatures following
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2013/02/the_national_weather_service_i.html
Snow is expected to fall in southeast Michigan every day until Friday and colder weather is headed this way too. Flurries have already started in parts of metro Detroit today and are expected to bring up to a half-inch by 7 p.m.

Obama seeks closed loopholes, 'smart' reductions
http://kstp.com/news/stories/S2918977.shtml?cat=1
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the U.S can reduce its budget deficit by closing tax loopholes and making "smart" reductions in spending.

White House releases photo of Obama skeet-shooting
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/50679807/
After President Obama told a magazine that he shoots skeet at Camp David, critics and reporters demanded proof. The White House released a photo Saturday of the president in action.

Diocese Papers in Los Angeles Detail Decades of Abuse
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/us/church-documents-released-after-years-of-resistance.html?pagewanted=all
LOS ANGELES - The church files are filled with outrage, pain and confusion. There are handwritten notes from distraught mothers, accounts of furious phone calls from brothers and perplexed inquiries from the police following up on allegations of priests ...

Common sense finally enters the gun-rights debate
http://today.uconn.edu/blog/2013/01/uconnhartford-courant-poll-majorities-support-measures-to-tighten-gun-laws/
Print. Common sense finally enters the gun-rights debate. When even a state legislator with a 100 percent NRA rating calls for common-sense gun controls, maybe the long-frozen gun debate in this country is thawing.

Scott Brown says he won't seek Kerry's Senate seat
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-34222_162-57567172-10391739/reports-scott-brown-not-running-for-senate/
BOSTON (AP) - Former Sen. Scott Brown said Friday he would not run in a special Senate election in Massachusetts, dealing a setback to Republican hopes of winning the seat being vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry.

Body of missing girl found in city park in Northern California
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/02/body-of-missing-girl-found-nude-in-northern-california-park.html
A small memorial is now growing for the Suisun City girl reported missing Thursday and found dead early Friday in a park in Fairfield, Calif.

'Civic savori' Koch laid to rest Monday
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/civic-savori-koch-laid-rest-monday-article-1.1254411?localLinksEnabled=false
Ed Koch, New York's grand political showman, will have his final day on stage Monday as thousands gather to bid farewell - and a subway station is named after him.

Marc Caputo: With sex, the FBI and shady characters, the Menendez saga is a ...
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/03/3215228/sex-the-fbi-and-shady-characters.html
“My duty as a US citizen obligates me to report what I consider to be a grave violation of the most fundamental codes of conduct that a politician of my country must follow.

Vintage Mardi Gras costume, other items on display
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8978562
GALVESTON - Laissez les bons temps rouler! Let the good times roll! To celebrate Mardi Gras 2013, the Rosenberg Library is displaying a vintage Mardi Gras Queen's Costume as the February Treasure of the Month.