Newspaper Roundup for Wednesday, February 6, 2013
New York Times:
Leading Tunisian Opposition Figure Is Fatally Shot
New York Times:
People With Mental Illness More Likely to Be Smokers, Study Finds
Washington Times:
Obama crony wins contract to give phones to jobless
The Hill:
Obama health law will cost $1.3 Trillion, CBO says
Washington Post Editorial:
'The White House’s new contraception policy is sensibly balanced'
Washington Times:
Cantor shifts stance on immigration reform, backs pathway for ‘Dreamers’
Washington Post:
Republicans try a softer focus — on life issues
Washington Times:
States scramble with legislation to fend off drones
Washington Post:
Brennan nomination exposes criticism on targeted killings and secret Saudi base
Washington Times:
New North Korean video depicts burning ruins of virtual U.S. city
Images reportedly lifted from ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’ video game
Washington Post:
Virginia coin moves closer to reality
Washington Post:
Va. student displayed toy gun on school bus, police say
Washington Post:
Teen sex videos don’t warrant criminal charges, defense attorneys say
Washington Times:
Muslim backlash silences all-girl band in India
Washington Times:
Study: Google searches reveal racial bias
USA Today:
FBI says bombs found at Alabama bunker
Politico:
Court rules against N.Y. Times request for gun owners' addresses
Philadelphia Daily News:
Pastors protest sugar-daddy billboard in Southwest Philly
Politico:
White House put Cabinet under 'gag order' on sequester
Infuriated one Senate Democrat
Fox News:
Memphis renames city parks that honored Confederacy
Politico:
Immigration's latest ally: Christian right
Politico:
Obama admonishes cameramen for making noise: 'They're breaking my flow'
Politico:
Sequestration: Obama tax-and-spending plan already DOA on Hill
Politico:
House GOP: Take piecemeal approach to immigration
Politico:
Dick Morris out at Fox News
Roll Call:
House Democrats to Get SOTU Preview from Obama at Retreat
Politico:
Study: Boost in hospice visits by way of the ICU
Philadelphia Inquirer:
Car crashes through airport fence, nearly hits parked plane
Fox News:
City of Baltimore is on a path to financial ruin, report says
Fox News:
Postal Service to end Saturday mail delivery in bid to cut costs
Fox News:
New York mother reportedly met with 'criminal element' in Turkey
The Hill:
Tougher North Korean sanctions demanded by GOP after NK's 'vile stunt'
Fox News:
Store clerk arrested after allegedly spanking customer's child with belt
The Hill:
Rubio: Same-sex rights not a ‘central issue’ for immigration reform
The Hill:
Labor unions push White House on stalled worker safety rule
Denver Post:
Colorado to announce statewide child abuse hotline
Arizona Republic:
Arizona House passes ‘English only’ document plan
Arizona Republic:
City of Mesa, Ariz., plans to hire its own doctors to cut employee medical costs
Houston Chronicle:
City lists rules for payday lenders but wants lawmakers to act
South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
Family leave extended to military and families
Chicago Sun-Times:
Lake Michigan water level hits record low
Miami Herald:
6 Miami-Dade cops fired or suspended for loafing








