[U.S.] Police hunt for prime suspect in Vegas shooting, crash

Police hunt for prime suspect in Vegas shooting, crash
http://nation.time.com/2013/02/24/prime-suspect-sought-in-las-vegas-shooting-crash/
Thursday's shooting and crash left three people dead, including an aspiring rapper and two people in a taxi. crash. Police investigate the scene of a mulit-vehicle accident on Las Vegas Blvd and Flamingo Road on Thursday.

Ford City Mall reopens after teens' rampage ends in arrests
http://singersroom.com/content/2013-02-24/Mindless-Behavior-Mall-Parking-Lot-Riot-20-Arrested-2-Injured-in-Chicago/
The band had recently concluded the event, aimed at a primarily tween girl fan-base, when a “group of youths” entered the mall intent on creating “chaos and havoc,” said Sarama, who insisted that the disturbance was not related to the band's appearance, ...

White House releases state-by-state breakdown of sequester's effects
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/20130224_ap_obamatogovernorswevegotmoreworktodo.html
The White House on Sunday detailed how deep spending cuts set to begin this week would affect programs in every state and the District, as President Obama launched a last-ditch effort to pressure congressional Republicans to compromise on a way to stop ...

Oklahoma weather: Winter storm updates
http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/2nd-blizzard-bearing-down-on-Plains-region-4304368.php
Follow along with winter storm updates, road closings and travel conditions below. The following tweets are from reporters, state officials and meteorologists.

2 Democrats in US Senate race seek support, signatures
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2013/02/24/senaterace/YbECFz8YMp12s9qiYvg41N/story.html
BROCKTON - The crowded church hall was filled with music, chatter, and the sound of crying babies before US Representative Stephen F. Lynch stepped up to the front.

NY cannibal cop defense: It was only a fantasy
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/cannibal-cop-defence-says-kidnapping-conspiracy-was-only-a-fantasy-1.1169608
The case of the 'cannibal cop' is one of New York's s most bizarre federal court cases in recent memory. Cannibalize. A police officer stands guard outside the 26th precinct that police officer Gilberto Valle worked.

Volunteers in Newtown handwriting thank-you notes
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/volunteers-newtown-hand-writing-notes-18580787
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Some letters come from church groups, others from parents who've lost children of their own. One came from a police officer who responded to the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City.

New Jersey, its "comeback" derailed, sets another budget
http://www.northjersey.com/news/Christie_to_propose_NJ_budget_amid_storm_recovery.html
By Hilary Russ. Sun Feb 24, 2013 5:57pm EST. (Reuters) - A year ago, New Jersey's firebrand Republican Governor Chris Christie called on lawmakers to cut the state's income tax rate as part of the "New Jersey Comeback," a campaign aimed at boosting ...

Jack Lew's Golden Parachute
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h6wwwqSCpTqj2eLiksXOZ9GvP7lA?docId=cd58cbcc138144ffa95ccc376fc8d8a5
Americans can sleep soundly knowing that Max Baucus (D., Mont.) isn't in charge of interviewing captured al Qaeda fighters. But the enhanced non-interrogation techniques that the Senate Finance Chairman has been applying to Treasury Secretary nominee ...

Dublin police respond to MC Hammer's arrest
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mc-hammer-arrested-in-northern-california-20130224
Dublin Police said Sunday in a news release that they arrested MC Hammer at the Hacienda Crossings Shell gas station Thursday night for obstructing an officer in the performance of their duties and resisting an officer.

McMorrow, first woman on Ill. Supreme Court, dies
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/McMorrow-first-woman-on-Ill-Supreme-Court-dies-4304393.php
CHICAGO (AP) - On the day she was sworn in as the first female chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, Mary Ann McMorrow acknowledged her pioneering achievement with the same grace and good humor her colleagues say was customary.

Lawmakers dispute records for private gun sales
http://www.wdsu.com/news/politics/Coburn-Background-checks-for-gun-sales-not-done-deal/-/9853324/19061252/-/grpp6ez/-/index.html
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate aide and a lobbyist say a dispute over whether to require record keeping for private gun sales is holding up a bipartisan compromise over expanding background checks for firearms transactions.

Sasha Obama recital, Michelle 'mom dancing': A weekend of First Family moves
http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/2013/0224/Sasha-Obama-recital-Michelle-mom-dancing-A-weekend-of-First-Family-moves
Even as Michelle Obama's “Mom Dancing” video with Jimmy Fallon was going viral this weekend, Sasha Obama's dance recital was not to be missed: President Obama took an hour out of his schedule last night to attend his youngest daughter's dance recital ...

Supreme Court is urged to allow gay marriage nationwide
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/obama-brief-fuels-marriage-fight-87976.html?hp=t1
WASHINGTON - The lawyers challenging California's Proposition 8 urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to rule that gays and lesbians across the nation deserve an equal right to marry, ratcheting up the pressure on the Obama administration and the ...

Gun-friendly states woo firearms makers
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/feb/22/states-set-sights-on-colorado-firearms-business-gu/
The effort to attract firearms companies has escalated in the wake of gun-control efforts that followed the murder of 20 children and six adults in December in Newtown, Conn.

No Deposition for Lawyer in Trayvon Martin Case
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57570808-504083/trayvon-martin-case-judge-denies-defenses-request-to-depose-victims-family-attorney/
Lawyers for neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman will not be allowed to question an attorney for the parents of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, a judge said Friday.

Cessna crashes into Biscayne Bay; four people rescued near Homestead
http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21009943210643/4-rescued-from-small-plane-crash-off-fla/
A Cessna carrying four people crashed into the waters of Biscayne Bay Sunday afternoon within Bayfront Park in Homestead. The crash occurred at around noon.

MIT slow to pull trigger on alert
http://bostonglobe.com/2013/02/24/mit/OM7GsBTxQn0Jm7QcS59ooN/story.html
Cambridge police said they will seek criminal charges against the person who sent a bogus electronic message claiming a gunman was inside a Massachusetts Institute of Technology building yesterday as school officials say they will investigate a delay in ...