U.S. Top News: Senate to begin hearings on gun control after school massacre

	Click to View in Browser 01/30/2013 Senate to begin hearings on gun control after school massacre WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Six weeks after the massacre of 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut school ignited new calls to curb U.S. gun violence, the issue reaches Congress on Wednesday amid questions about whether lawmakers can agree on significant legislation. Once-doomed, NY's Grand Central turns 100 as celebrated landmark NEW YORK (Reuters) - It made its debut in the heyday of cross-country train travel, faced demolition in the era of the auto, and got a new lease on life with a facelift in its eighth decade. Justice Department's criminal division chief to step down WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lanny Breuer, the head of the Justice Department's criminal division, plans to step down on March 1, according to an internal memo. Pennsylvania favors background checks for gun purchases: poll NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gun control is generally a tough sell in Pennsylvania - a Republican-ruled state with a large rural population - but a new poll suggests strong support for some measures, especially universal background checks on gun buyers. Military judge to hear arguments in Fort Hood shooting case SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A military judge will begin hearing arguments on Wednesday on whether to remove the possibility of the death penalty against Major Nidal Hasan when he is put on trial for the 2009 killing of 13 people on the Fort Hood, Texas, Army base. Suspect in Alabama school bus shooting holing up in bunker: police MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - A standoff continued early on Wednesday with a gunman who boarded an Alabama school bus and fatally shot the driver before fleeing with a young child and holing up in an underground bunker, authorities said. Exclusive: CIA nominee had detailed knowledge of "enhanced interrogation techniques" WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Brennan, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the CIA, had detailed, contemporaneous knowledge of the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" on captured terrorism suspects during an earlier stint as a top spy agency official, according to multiple sources familiar with official records. Nudists lose bid to block San Francisco ban on baring all NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nudists in famously tolerant San Francisco lost a bid on Tuesday to block a city ban on nakedness in public places, when a federal judge threw out a legal challenge that argued public nudity was akin to political expression. Obama pushes Congress on immigration, split emerges LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Just over a week into his second term, President Barack Obama took his fight for immigration reform to the West on Tuesday and pushed Congress to quickly find a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented residents. Los Angeles official seeks to shut hotels for maternity tourists LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles official moved on Tuesday to crack down on so-called maternity hotels he said have sprung up across parts of Southern California as pregnant women travel to the United States in a growing "birthing tourism" trend. Related Video Immigration reform supporters hopeful for U.S. action U.S. Morning Call: Boeing earnings beat forecasts Great Debate Has Obama administration gone wobbly on Syria?' Immigration plan does only half the job A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend