[U.S.] NJ man shot to death while he waited for girlfriend to leave wake for homicide ...

NJ man shot to death while he waited for girlfriend to leave wake for homicide ...
http://thealternativepress.com/articles/news-update-hudson-county-man-fatally-shot-in-pa
PATERSON, N.J. - Authorities say a man was shot to death while he waited in his car for his girlfriend to leave the wake of another homicide victim at a New Jersey funeral home.

AP PHOTOS: A Look at US Presidents...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ap-photos-us-presidents-holding-guns-18386430
The White House has released a photo of President Barack Obama firing a gun, two days before he is set to travel to Minnesota to discuss gun control.

A new plan for birth control coverage
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/02/01/changes-to-health-insurance-contraceptive-mandate-unlikely-to-appease-religious-groups
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration, trying to defuse one of the most contentious issues in its healthcare law, proposed Friday a new way to shield religiously affiliated organizations, such as hospitals and universities, from having to provide ...

Missing Girl Found Dead in California...
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Slain-girl-had-vanished-from-Suisun-City-4243816.php
Police say a teenage girl reported missing Thursday has been found dead in a park in the Northern California city of Fairfield. Officer Cleo Mayoral, a Fairfield police spokesman, says the girl's naked body was found by a passer-by a little before 7 a.m.

Mass. Dems React To Brown Announcement
http://www.wbur.org/2013/02/02/democrats-3
U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., gets into his truck after voting in Wrentham, Mass., on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (Gretchen Ertl/AP).

South Florida groundhog says its six more weeks of tourism.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/groundhog-day-punxsutawney-phil-predicts-early-spring-article-1.1253756
Instead, the 6-foot tall huggable Punxsutawney Phil (AKA Kevin Maloney) was tap dancing, mingling with guests and waiting for the crowd to jump in the water.

4 arrested for defying San Francisco's nudity ban
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Nudists-strip-down-to-challenge-nudity-ban-4244468.php
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Four protesters were arrested entirely in the buff as they took to the steps of San Francisco City Hall in a brazen challenge of the city's ban on public nudity on Friday, the first day it went into effect.

Former Philadelphia schools superintendent Arlene Ackerman dies of cancer at ...
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/02/02/former-philadelphia-public-school-superintendent-arlene-ackerman-dies/
PHILADELPHIA - Former Philadelphia schools superintendent Arlene Ackerman, who left abruptly a year and a half ago after clashing with local officials, has died, according to her son.

Illinois police recapture killer after accidental release
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/convicted-murderer-mistakenly-released-rearrested-article-1.1253802
By Karen Brooks. Sat Feb 2, 2013 11:35am EST. (Reuters) - A convicted Indiana murderer was back in custody on Saturday after being recaptured following his mistaken release from an Illinois jail due to an apparent clerical error.

Who is Chuck? The battle-hardened Vietnam veteran on path to Pentagon
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9843853/Who-is-Chuck-The-battle-hardened-Vietnam-veteran-on-path-to-Pentagon.html
Chuck Hagel is no stranger to incoming fire. The son of a heavy-drinking timber-yard manager, he was injured twice and decorated five times as an enlisted soldier in Vietnam and later broke ranks with his party as a Republican Senator over the Iraq war.

Does NRA's single voice have most influence in gun debate?
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/02/01/chicago-murder-number-triple-new-york-city-in-january/
The National Rifle Association, speaking with a singular voice, may well be winning the gun control debate, says Larry Levy, CEO of Appinions, a market-influence research company.

Barney, former White House Scottie, dies
http://newyork.newsday.com/news/nation/barney-former-first-dog-of-president-george-w-bush-passes-away-1.4551676
DALLAS (AP) -- Thousands have offered their condolences via Facebook over the death of Barney, President George W. Bush's beloved black Scottish terrier.

Tales From the Pressroom About a Man Who Relished Publicity
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/nyregion/memories-of-koch-by-times-reporters-who-covered-him.html?pagewanted=all
Former Mayor Edward I. Koch, who died on Friday at age 88, loved to be in the spotlight and to spar with the press. Here are the recollections of the man from three reporters at The New York Times who covered him: Enlarge This Image ...

Clinton's farewell marred by embassy bombing
http://swampland.time.com/2013/02/01/clinton-formally-resigns-as-secretary-of-state/
Washington (CNN) -- A final meeting with the president. A farewell address to the State Department staff. A terrorist attack at the U.S.

Harvard Students Forced to Withdraw After Cheating Scandal
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9843868/Dozens-disciplined-over-exam-cheating-scandal-at-Harvard-University.html
(Updates with disciplinary action in first paragraph.) Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Harvard University said more than half of the students involved in a cheating scandal were required to withdraw for a period of time.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu resigning
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/02/01/170853404/energy-secretary-steven-chu-will-resign-once-replacement-is-confirmed
... @ jackshafer : RT @ebertchicago: Buster Keaton died on this day in 1966. The greatest of the Silent Clowns. Not Charlie.

Report finds more veterans commit suicide with the problem greatest among ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/report-finds-more-veterans-commit-suicide-with-the-problem-greatest-among-older-vets/2013/02/01/a231bdb6-6c8a-11e2-8f4f-2abd96162ba8_story.html
WASHINGTON - The number of veterans who commit suicide each day is more than 20 percent higher than the Department of Veterans Affairs has previously estimated, but the problem doesn't appear to be getting worse for veterans compared to the rest of ...

Texas offensive coordinator Major Applewhite disciplined for 'inappropriate ...
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/21628848/texas-applewhite-had-inappropriate-consensual-relationship-with-student
142430-650-366.jpg Texas offensive coordinator Major Applewhite, left, was disciplined in 2009 for an inappropriate relationship with a student.