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• Carole King awarded highest pop music honor
  

  The 71-year-old singer-songwriter won the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

  
  
  
  
• FBI identifies Benghazi suspects, but no arrests yet
  

  Authorities say they have enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force.

  
  
  
  
• Senate panel approves immigration bill
  

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses.

  
  
  
  
• Police defend officer who shot N.Y. college student
  

  The only person responsible is the gunman, a union president says.

  
  
  
  
• Pentagon seeks $450M for Guantanamo
  

  The funds will maintain and upgrade the prison that President Obama wants to close.

  
  
  
  
• Lawyer says no background check done on Jackson's doctor
  

  EG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney testified.

  
  
  
  
• Huge search underway for missing Iowa teen
  

  Police say a man who is suspected of taking her and another girl was found dead.

  
  
  
  
• OKC mayor: 'This was the storm of storms'
  

  The death toll in Oklahoma is expected to climb as rescue efforts continue.

  
  
  
  
• Coast Guardsman admits desertion in Hawaii
  Russell Matthews spent three months camping in the mountains of Oahu.
  
  
• Man pleads guilty in Picasso vandalism case
  

  He was accused of damaging a painting in a Houston museum, an act caught on cellphone video.

  
  
  
  
• Gay teen faces charges for contact with underage girlfriend
  

  An 18-year-old Florida cheerleader is facing felony charges that she had sexual contact with her underage, 14-year-old girlfriend.

  
  
  
  
• Senate panel approves weapons for Syrian rebels
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel voted on Tuesday to provide weapons to rebels battling the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the first time lawmakers have endorsed the aggressive U.S. military step of arming the opposition in the 2-year-old civil war.
  
  
• IRS' Lerner refuses to testify before Congress
  

  She's under scrutiny for targeting conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status.

  
  
  
  
• 'I just felt totally helpless’
  

  Anthony Connel could only watch as the tornado destroyed his home.

  
  
  
  
• President appoints commission to improve election procedures
  President Barack Obama on Tuesday filled out his Presidential Commission on Election Administration, which was created to improve election systems in the United States. "As I said in my State of the Union Address, when any American, no matter where they live or what their party, is denied that right [to vote] simply because too [...]
  
  
• ESPN cutting workforce as it looks to 'smartly' manage costs
  NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN is cutting its workforce, the latest Disney division to reduce staff.
  
  
• Arias tells jury she can still contribute to society
  

  PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias asked jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, arguing she "lacked perspective" when she told a local reporter in an interview after she was convicted of murder that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in jail.

  
  
  
  
• Court rules bin Laden death photos can stay secret
  

  The ruling rejected a request by a conservative nonprofit group.

  
  
  
  
• No drugs, alcohol found in Newtown gunman, source says
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Toxicology tests on the body of the Newtown school shooter did not turn up any alcohol, illegal drugs or prescription medications, an official close to the investigation said Tuesday.
  
  
• Scouts may vote this week on lifting ban on gay youth
  

  It would remove the organization's ban on gay scouts but not gay adult leaders.

  
  
  
  
• Shulman: Not 'responsible' for IRS 'lookout' list
  

  The former IRS commissioner says he was "not personally responsible" for the agency's scrutiny on conservative groups.

  
  
  
  
• Accused Fort Hood shooter draws salary while victims struggle
  

  Major Nidal Hasan has collected $278,000 in salary since the Nov. 5, 2009.

  
  
  
  
• Protesters chant 'IRS has got to go' in Cincinnati
  

  Tea party members march with signs that read "internal revenge service."

  
  
  
  
• Extreme solar storm threatens Earth's electrical grids
  

  Experts issue a warning for if an solar flare hits in just the right way.