2012年1月3日星期二

10 Things You Need to Know for Monday

1. GOP candidates make a final sprint for Iowa votes. The presidential hopefuls make their final full day of pitches to Iowa voters before Tuesday's caucus.

2. South Korea's president says there are hopes moncler jackets for ties with North Korea. But Lee Myung-bak says North Korea must first abandon its nuclear ambitions and halt its provocations.

3. Authorities search park as gunman remains at-large. Dozens of officers search Mount Rainier National Park for a gunman after a park ranger was fatally shot in a New Year's Day traffic stop. 4. Person of interest sought in Los Angeles car fires

4. Detectives seek a man caught on video at a parking garage that was the scene of one of the dozens of suspicious car fires in the area.

5. Pair of NASA probes start their new year orbiting the moon. It took three and a half months to get there, but now the spacecraft will begin their study of lunar gravity.

6. Motorists team up to help rescue three children. Thanks to the passers-by and a police officer, the three children were pulled from a car that had plunged into an icy river.

7. Peace negotiators for Israel and the Palestinians will meet in Jordan. The negotiators will attend a gathering of international diplomats this week, bringing the sides together for the first time in more than a year.

8. Everything's coming up roses. The annual Rose Parade is set to get under way for the 122nd year at 11 a.m.

9. Scientists close to developing drought-tolerant varieties of alfalfa. A breakthrough would be welcome news to farmers and ranchers paying up to twice as much for hay this year because of a drought in the Southwest.

10. $2 for a Powerball ticket? You bet! Lottery organizers hope the lure of a possibly bigger jackpot will offset player sensitivity to price changes

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