Monday, January 7, 2013
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
The president is nominating former U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel defense secretary as leading Republicans announce their opposition.
As experts predict a plea deal, James Holmes' weeklong preliminary hearing may be the closest thing to his trial over the rampage that killed 12 people.
An AP analysis finds requests for background checks late last year were among the lowest in Colorado and Connecticut.
Graduates say they feel untrained to even make professional calls in the workplace after leaving school.
The secretary of state is meeting with deputies Monday, more than a week after she was hospitalized with a blood clot.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt arrived Monday for a "humanitarian mission" in a country with notoriously restrictive Internet policies.
The annual "El Nino" jackpot was split among ticket holders in five regions, including Madrid.
The IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC is the size of a coffee table and allows four people to use it simultaneously.
A new Dallas fitness club only allows members who are at least 50 pounds overweight and has no mirrors inside.
No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Alabama will have to play nothing less than a classic to match the hype for Monday night's national championship.