Tuesday, April 2, 2013

[U.S.] UN overwhelmingly approves global arms trade treaty

UN overwhelmingly approves global arms trade treaty
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/02/176027236/u-n-approves-treaty-to-regulate-multibillion-dollar-global-arms-trade
By Louis Charbonneau. UNITED NATIONS | Tue Apr 2, 2013 10:03pm EDT. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the first treaty on the global arms trade, which seeks to regulate the $70 ...

MTV reality star dead, 'Glee' star in rehab
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/shain-gandee-found-dead-family-friends-remember-the-buckwild-stars-fun-funny-personality-201324
Things are looking even more bleak for MTV reality shows. “Buckwild” star Shain Gandee was found dead Monday morning in Sissonville, W. Va.

Six Arrested in Bribery Probe
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323296504578398203584322138.html
New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith tried to buy entry onto the New York City mayoral ballot by orchestrating bribes to Republican leaders, federal prosecutors charged Tuesday as they revealed details of a wide-ranging corruption probe that also ensnared a ...

Authorities ID man shot to death outside home of Grand County deputy DA
http://fox17online.com/2013/04/02/montcalm-county-man-shot-dead-in-grand-county-colorado/
Investigators pore over evidence at the Riverside Hotel in Hot Sulphur Springs on Tuesday morning. (Byron Hetzler, Sky-Hi News). Authorities have identified the man who was shot dead as he allegedly forced his way in the home of a Grand County deputy ...

Texas officials follow tip in DA murder case down the road
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57577638/texas-officials-follow-tip-in-da-murder-case-down-the-road/
Officials investigating the murder of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife are looking into a tip that has led them down the road of the couple's home, CBS DFW affiliate KTVT exclusively reports.

Michelle Obama goes to bat for Jackie Robinson film
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/michelle-obama-hosts-harrison-ford-42-talk-article-1.1305782
The first lady hosts a discussion of the Jackie Robinson movie with honored guests. '42' at the White House. First lady Michelle Obama with actors Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford of '42' and Rachel Robinson, widow of Jackie Robinson.

Hagel calls North Korea's nuclear ambitions a 'growing threat'
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/04/02/defense-secretary-to-inflict-furloughs-on-himself
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Tuesday that North Korea's development of nuclear weapons poses a "growing threat" to the U.S.

Suspect in Colo. prison chief's slaying had removed ankle monitor
http://abcnews.go.com/US/evan-ebels-ankle-bracelet-failed-days-colorado-killings/story?id=18865250
Colorado authorities lost supervisory control of the man suspected of killing the state corrections chief five days before that slaying, according to a chronology released by state officials Tuesday.

Transgender Man Plans to Keep Seeking Divorce
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/transgender-man-comment-denial-divorce-18860167
Share. 0. A transgender Arizona man whose divorce request was rejected after his marriage was declared invalid plans to keep trying to get his 9-year union dissolved, saying Tuesday that he wants the three children to whom he gave birth to know their ...

California Legislature takes first steps toward 'ammo control'
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/california-advances-bill-requiring-id-buy-ammunition-article-1.1306133
SACRAMENTO -- Nearly four months after the massacre in Newtown, Conn., and even as gun control legislation appears stalled in Congress, California's Legislature took its first steps toward further tightening its already strong firearm laws Tuesday when a ...

Vivendi Wins Copyright Ruling in Used-Digital-Song Case
http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/1555272/court-rules-against-redigi-efforts-to-resell-digital
ReDigi Inc., an online service that lets people buy and sell second-hand digital songs, violates the copyrights of Vivendi SA (VIV)'s Capitol Records, a federal judge ruled.



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