[U.S.] More than a dozen injured in Kansas City gas blast, fire, official says

More than a dozen injured in Kansas City gas blast, fire, official says
http://abcnews.go.com/US/kansas-city-gas-explosion-missing-dozen-injured-restaurant/story?id=18543435
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - More than a dozen people were injured, at least three critically, at a Kansas City shopping center Tuesday night after authorities say a contractor struck an underground natural gas line that sparked a large explosion and fast-spreading ...

Obama talks to local TV stations about sequester
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/02/19/172425370/whose-sequester-is-it-anyway
Lights, camera, sequester. President Obama sits down with eight local television anchors Wednesday to talk about how budget cuts in the looming sequester will affect their markets, particularly when it comes to military spending.

SCOTUS Poised To Take Next Step On the Road To Total Political Domination ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/02/20/scotus-poised-to-take-next-step-on-the-road-to-total-political-domination-by-the-wealthy/
The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the case that opens the door to the final destruction of the campaign finance laws that place a limit on how much money an individual can contribute directly to a federal candidate or national ...

Woman cries at trial in Arizona boyfriend killing
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Jodi-Arias-begins-testifying-about-day-of-killing-4290161.php
A woman charged with killing her lover broke down in tears Monday as she described for jurors how her relationship with the victim included satisfying his "deviant" sexual urges and how he once beat her, kicked her in the ribs and broke her finger.

Domenici acknowledges having son outside marriage
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g4p1hMEOb9B9k3lT8uSCne5dgIRQ?docId=9a9d660e5f3a4931a9cbd8398f8b489d
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici is acknowledging he fathered a son outside his marriage three decades ago.

Cheating woman admits pocket-dial led to lovers' fight
http://www.wltx.com/news/watercooler/article/222769/363/Cheating-Woman-Admits-Pocket-Dial-Led-to-Lovers-Fight
Melee between two men leads to stabbing, arrests. pocket dial fight. Jamie Sniffen, of Cortlandt, N.Y., was arrested Monday after her boyfriend stabbed and pistol-whipped a man with whom she was having an affair.

Arizona Senators, After Detour, Renew Immigration Push
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/congressional/20130219_ap_mccaindefendsimmigrationplantoangryresidents.html
WASHINGTON - When it comes to Senators Jeff Flake and John McCain of Arizona, longtime followers of the immigration debate could be forgiven for having déjà vu.

Maddow: Citizens and press corps not in step
http://www.wina.com/News-media-relations-with-Obama-hit-low-ebb-over-g/11459008?newsId=194326
Unlike many of her colleagues in punditry, Rachel Maddow doesn't ridicule the White House press corps for making a big deal of its exclusion from a presidential golf outing with Tiger Woods over the weekend.

Marco Rubio's Moment and Ted Cruz's Test
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/ted-cruz-defends-his-blunt-style-87838.html?hp=r1
Maybe, in a rare exception, being on the cover of Time won't be a jinx. Just before giving his party's official response to the State of the Union address -- equal to the cover of Time as a jinxed opportunity -- Senator Marco Rubio of Florida was hailed in the ...

'Zero Dark Thirty' & Pakistan: Film Upsets Locals Who Dispute Its Plot
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-19/pentagon-reviews-if-navy-seal-disclosed-classified-raid-detail.html
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan stars in "Zero Dark Thirty," from early scenes at a detention site to the dramatic closing minutes as Navy SEALs assault the hideout of Osama bin Laden.