Pentagon to end ban on women in front-line combat
From BBC News:
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has decided to lift the military’s ban on women serving in combat, a senior Pentagon official has said.
The move could open hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and elite commando jobs to women.
The teacher who talked gun-toting student out of a shooting spree
From The Telegraph:
As debate rages in Washington over what can be done to rid America of gun violence, a teacher in California who was faced with a firearm in his classroom this week has shown that straightforward calm, courage and common sense works best.
US Senate overwhelmingly approves fiscal cliff deal – video
From The Guardian:
Coming together in the early hours of 2013, the US Senate overwhelmingly passed a last-gasp bill to avert huge tax increases and draconian spending cuts making up the so-called fiscal cliff. The bill was overwhelmingly approved in the Senate in an 89-8 vote. The measure, which promises to raise taxes on the rich and stop taxes going up for more than 100 million families, now moves to the House of Representatives
Good News 2013 