Newspaper Roundup for Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Washington Times:
Air Force starts cuts with sequestration looming
Washington Times:
Lawmaker renews push to defund Planned Parenthood
Washington Times:
Brewer OKs expansion of Medicaid
Arizona foe of health care law stuns allies
Washington Times:
Watchdog sees pork in Sandy relief bill
Christie fights for $51B in aid
Washington Times:
Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) threatens to impeach Obama over gun control
Washington Post:
401(k) breaches undermining retirement security for millions
Philadelphia Inquirer:
U.S. scuttles rule requiring high-efficiency furnaces
Washington Times:
U.S. House to read Constitution on Tuesday
Only the second time the entire document has been read aloud
Fox News:
Walmart pledges to hire every veteran who wants a job
Honorably discharged veterans will have a "place to go"
Washington Post:
O’Malley to announce sponsorship of bill to repeal Maryland’s death penalty
Fox News:
American pastor imprisoned in Iran to go on trial next week
USA Today:
Court orders arrest of Pakistani prime minister
USA Today:
Obama: Being nice doesn't lead to deals
USA Today:
Group: Strong road-safety laws are lagging in states
San Francisco Chronicle:
A San Francisco supervisor wants to rename the city's airport in honor of Harvey Milk
Homosexual rights activist killed in 1978
Politico:
Hip-Hop's Russell Simmons: Put unarmed mediators in schools
San Francisco Chronicle:
Town renames Conn. school for slain teacher
27-year-old Victoria Soto died trying to shield students inside Sandy Hook
Philadelphia Inquirer:
In Del., Biden's son takes on assault weapons
Joins Gov. Jack Markell to propose banning sales or ownership of "military style" rifles
Chicago Sun-Times:
Chicago to pay $22.5 million to bipolar woman released in high-crime area
Chicago Sun-Times:
Chicago can’t afford retirees’ health care costs: panel
Politico:
NRA releases its own app where users can take target practice
NRA: Practice Range, a new iTunes app released Sunday
Politico:
Ryan backs Rubio immigration plan
San Francisco Chronicle/AP:
Man tied to Mafia: Hoffa buried in Detroit area
Politico:
Mark Kelly: NRA gun plan is a bust
Fox News:
Massachusetts high school plans to use breathalyzer on students before dances
The Hill:
White House tells Paul Ryan it won’t meet budget deadline
The Hill:
McConnell: 10,000 US troops should remain in Afghanistan post-2014
The Hill:
Report: Obama officials issued $216 billion in regulations last year
Politico:
Ann Romney passes on 'DWTS'
Politico:
Report: Justice Dept. considering Lance Armstrong lawsuit
To reclaim sponsorship money
Fox News:
UN’s $5.7B anti-poverty agency doesn’t do much to reduce poverty, according to its own assessment
Chicago Tribune:
380 pot tickets issued in Chicago since summertime decriminalization
Fines for marijuana possession have totaled nearly $98,000
Arizona Republic:
Arizona drug-related DUIs rising
Denver Post:
Walgreens to offer fresh food at new drugstore in northeast Denver
Miami Herald:
Florida colleges rank high in ‘sugar daddies’ paying student tuition
New Jersey Star-Ledger:
Lawmakers consider nixing mandatory health insurance for N.J. college students
South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
Episcopal church asks members to commit to a year of scripture
New Jersey Star-Ledger:
United Airlines to lay off 472 at Newark Airport
Palm Beach Post:
Falling food, gas costs lower US wholesale prices
New Hampshire Union-Leader:
Beer tax increase proposed, opposed
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