Obama nominee for defense likely to get confirmed: top Republican
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/17/chuck-hagel-nomination-mccain
WASHINGTON | Sun Feb 17, 2013 11:47am EST. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Republican senator said on Sunday that party colleagues will drop tactics to delay a vote on former Senator Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary, saying that President ...
Hyla Merin, of Westlake Village, will receive the medals including a Silver Star ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2280030/A-California-woman-heroic-father-killed-WWII-finally-receive-medals-awarded-bravery-discovered-laundry-room.html
A daughter, who never knew the story of her heroic father's life, will receive eight medals for bravery awarded to him today after they were discovered by accident in the laundry room of an apartment block.
Booker: US Senate "clearly a job I'm interested in"
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3460_162-57569803/booker-u.s-senate-clearly-a-job-im-interested-in/
(CBS News) The New Jersey Senate seat being vacated by five-term Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., is "clearly... a job I'm interested in," Newark, N.J.
Illinois state Sen. Toi Hutchinson drops out of race for Jesse Jackson Jr.'s US ...
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/-state-Sen-Hutchinson-drops-out-of-race-for-Jesse-Jackson-Jrs-Seat-191588241.html
CHICAGO - Illinois state Sen. Toi Hutchinson dropped out of the race Sunday for the U.S. House seat vacated by Jesse Jackson Jr., saying that her continued candidacy risked sowing divisions among her fellow Democrats.
Gun Raffles Stoke Debate After Conn....
http://www.wltx.com/news/national/article/222378/142/Raffles-Make-Money-Enemies-in-Gun-Control-Debate
Police chiefs in New Hampshire wanted more money for their youth training program. A youth hockey team in North Dakota needed more ice time.
Report: Tiger Woods to golf with the President
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/obama-boys-weekend-florida-article-1.1265919
President Barack Obama is going to hit the links with Tiger Woods today on the Treasure Coast, according to a Golf Digest report. Tim Rosaforte of Golf Digest tweeted this morning: "The President is arriving at The Floridian range.
2013 Florida Python Challenge
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/02/16/172191123/floridas-great-python-challenge-is-over-not-many-are-caught
More than 1,500 people across the nation signed up for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's off-the-wall hunt, that allowed even people without permits to harvest serpents for the first time.
RI Fire Remembered In Snowy Outdoor Ceremony
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/17/3239421/deadly-ri-nightclub-fire-remembered.html
WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - At least 100 survivors and family members of the 100 people killed in a Rhode Island nightclub fire have come to a memorial service to pay tribute on the 10th anniversary of the disaster.
Will shale stop the Keystone XL pipeline?
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2013/0217/Will-shale-stop-the-Keystone-XL-pipeline
First shale gas came for coal. Then it came for nuclear as we've seen not only future but existing plants are being taken off line in the US recently.
Carnival Cruise Lines plans monetary reparations for cruise ship fiasco
http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/2013/02/carnival-cruise-lines-plans-monetary-reparations-cruise-ship-fiasco
After five miserable days stranded at sea, due to a fire in the engine room that left the ship without power and adrift in the Gulf of Mexico, Carnival Triumph has finally docked, releasing passengers from their terrible ordeal.
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