- Having avoided a life sentence on charges of aiding the enemy, Bradley Manning still faces the possibility of more than a century in prison time in the sentencing phase of his trial.
- In keeping with their deal with Democrats in the Senate, Republicans allowed an up-or-down vote on National Labor Relations Board members, with all five being approved for the first time in a decade.
- The Obama administration is threatening to take $10 million in Race to the Top education grants from Georgia over the state reneging on its 2010 promise to implement teacher merit pay.
- Even before President Obama's speech Tuesday on a corporate tax code reform deal, Republicans already dismissed the notion because they want more tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
- Happy 55th birthday to NASA, as the space agency celebrates the milestone this week from its humble beginnings in 1958.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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