[U.S.] National Guard choppers to join battle against wildfire in Pigeon Forge

National Guard choppers to join battle against wildfire in Pigeon Forge
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/wildfire-burns-great-smoky-mountains-tenn-article-1.1291622?localLinksEnabled=false
Firefighters set a boundary as cabins burn on Black Bear Cub Way in Sevier County, Tenn Sunday March 17, 2013. As of 8:00 p.m. there was 32 cabins reported burned with 40 more in danger as shifting winds started breaking contain lines.

1 dead, explosives found in Fla. college dorm
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57574818/1-dead-explosives-found-in-fla-college-dorm/
Updated 8:23 a.m. ET. ORLANDO, Fla. Hundreds of students have been evacuated from a dorm on the University of Central Florida campus in Orlando after explosives devices were found while authorities were investigating a death.

Son of NYC Fire Commish 'Regrets'...
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/national_world&id=9031337
The son of New York City's fire commissioner has apologized for posting offensive messages on Twitter. The 23-year-old Joseph Cassano works as a fire department EMT.

Plouffe: Clinton 'strongest' candidate for 2016
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/hillary-clinton-2016-plouffe-88978.html?hp=t3_3
Former White House adviser and 2008 Obama campaign manager David Plouffe on Sunday praised Hillary Clinton as the “strongest candidate” for 2016 from either party.

NY Police Practice Challenged in Court
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2013/03/18/the-am-roundup-trial-begins-over-nypds-frisk-policy-more/
More than 100 witnesses in New York, including scholars, police and lawmakers are expected to testify at a federal trial about a controversial New York police department practice.

Boehner: No, seriously, we're not raising revenue this year
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Column-Reaching-for-middle-pulled-to-edges-4362586.php
Ah, yes, but is it seriously seriously? Inquiring minds at the White House want to know! As Barack Obama continues his “charm offensive,” John Boehner isn't sounding charmed.

High court reflects diversity of modern marriage
http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2013/03/18/173970922/gay-marriage-doma-and-the-dramatic-shift-in-public-opinion-in-one-year
There's a widow who was a pioneer of the “modern marriage” and someone who never wed. Two divorcees. There is a husband who married relatively late in life and adopted two children.

Supreme Court takes up Arizona voter registration law
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57574831/supreme-court-to-consider-arizona-voting-law/
By Pete Williams, Justice Correspondent, NBC News. Arizona is asking the Supreme Court to uphold its process for registering voters, one that several states say will reduce voter fraud but that civil rights groups insist is an effort to discourage participation by ...

Light Snow Monday To Make Way for Sunny End
http://www.oc-breeze.com/2013/03/17/29979_seven-day-local-weather-forecast-17-march-2013-through-23-march-2013/
After snow covered the ground on Saturday night the start to this week looks to bring more frozen precipitation to our area but not enough to stick to the roads or the grass.

Raging Blaze in South Carolina
http://www.wyff4.com/news/local-news/greenville-news/SC-Forestry-Commession-Red-flag-fire-alert-issued-for-entire-state/-/9654794/19354332/-/12khwcez/-/index.html
Out of a sudden and quick moving wildfire that wiped out an entire neighborhood tonight the devastating images from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

NYC apartment fire kills girl, 7, in Bronx
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx-blaze-claims-life-7-year-old-girl-article-1.1291058
NEW YORK (AP) - A 7-year-old girl was killed and a 3-year-old girl is in critical condition after a fire ripped through an apartment in the Bronx.

More questions than answers on US drone program
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/03/18/more-questions-than-answers-on-us-drone-program.html?comp=7000023317828&rank=1
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama promises to explain in greater detail U.S. policy on the use of armed drones. But the administration's statements so far have only raised more questions about the controversial counterterrorism program, ...

Race Car Kills 2 During Warm-Up Laps At California Racetrack (VIDEO)
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Victim-in-N-Calif-race-crash-was-driver-s-cousin-4362662.php
(Photo : YouTube) The scene of the crime shortly after two fans were killed this weekend. A race car suddenly lost control and slammed into the pits at a racetrack this weekend in California, killing two people according to Reuters.

A Senate Plan Alters Waiting Periods for Immigration
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/immigration-plan-on-waiting-periods-adds-up-for-both-sides-20130318-2gavd.html
WASHINGTON - The nation's 11 million illegal immigrants would have to wait a full decade for a green card but could earn citizenship just three years after that, under a provision being finalized by a bipartisan group of eight senators working to devise an ...

Former Wash. Gov. Booth Gardner dies
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Former-Wash-Gov-Booth-Gardner-dies-at-age-76-198614441.html
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Booth Gardner was a two-term governor whose biggest political effort came long after he left the Washington state Capitol.

Kristina Quigley, women's lacrosse coach, dies at a hospital, the county says
http://nation.time.com/2013/03/17/college-mourns-pregnant-pa-coach-killed-in-crash/
(CNN) -- The pregnant coach of the Seton Hill University women's lacrosse team was among two people killed Saturday when the bus they were on veered off the highway and crashed into a tree in southern Pennsylvania, authorities said.

Bachmann's claim that Barack Obama has a '$1.4-billion-a-year presidency' of ...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/16/michele-bachmann-saves-day-three-of-cpac.html
(Carolyn Kaster/AP). “A new book is out talking about the perks and the excess of the $1.4-billion-a-year presidency that we're paying for.