Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA
Written by JULIE PACE,AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, two potentially controversial picks for his second-term national security team.
Colo. prosecutors to outline theater shooting case
Written by DAN ELLIOTT,Associated Press
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Nearly six months after a bloody rampage in a Colorado movie theater left 12 people dead, prosecutors will go to court Monday to outline their case against the suspect, James Holmes.
Indian women hope brutal rape will spark change
Written by MUNEEZA NAQVI,Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) — Preeti Singh worries each time her 20-year-old daughter has a late night at the hospital where she's a medical student. If her daughter has to stay late, Singh tells her to wait for daylight to come home.
White House, GOP draw red lines in debt debate
Written by ANNE FLAHERTY,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Struggling for the upper hand in the next round of debt talks, Republicans and Democrats this weekend drew lines in the sand they said they'd never cross when it comes to the U.S. debt limit.
Teen son of US Sen. Rand Paul arrested at NC airport
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police say U.S. Sen. Rand Paul's son was arrested after a flight from Kentucky to North Carolina.
Clinton scheduled to return to work Monday
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will return to work Monday, a little over a week after she was hospitalized with a blood clot in her head.
22 departments fight fire at W. Ind. pallet plant
Written by AP
CLARKS HILL, Ind. (AP) — Winter weather has complicated firefighters' efforts to extinguish a blaze at a western Indiana company that produces wooden pallets.
WSJ says Hostess in talks to sell bread brands
Written by AP
NEW YORK (AP) — The makers of Thomas' English muffins and Tastykake snacks are emerging as the two of the bidders for Wonder Bread and other Hostess bread brands as the company tries to sell off its assets under bankruptcy-court oversight, a newspaper reported Saturday.