01-Feb-2013 22:20

Steven Chu steps down as energy secretary. So how did he do? - Washington Post (blog) :: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/01/steven-chu-steps-down-as-energy-secretary-so-how-did-he-do/

GOP's Brown Won't Seek Kerry's Senate Seat - Wall Street Journal :: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324610504578278182774133860.html?mod%3Dgooglenews_wsj

What happened to Senate decorum? - Huffington Post (blog) :: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/madeleine-m-kunin/what-happened-to-senate-d_b_2600852.html

Suicide Blast Kills US Embassy Guard in Turkey - New York Times :: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/world/europe/2-dead-in-suicide-bombing-at-us-embassy-in-turkey.html

What's next for Hillary Clinton? And what does she leave behind? - USA TODAY :: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/02/01/clinton-secretary-state/1884605/

Obama offers faith groups new birth control rule - The Associated Press :: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iFSYqcVmnOmxFwS-1wU3VsT9QEZA?docId%3D3bd944cb9e8e40618c1d8def52b00250

Dow closes above 14000 for first time since 2007 - NBCNews.com (blog) :: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/dow-closes-above-14-000-first-time-2007-1B8216322

Obama praises Koch as 'extraordinary,' 'irrepressible' and 'quintessential New ... - Washington Post :: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-praises-koch-as-extraordinary-irrepressible-and-quintessential-new-yorker/2013/02/01/54da7520-6cb3-11e2-8f4f-2abd96162ba8_story.html

Egyptian protesters clash with police outside presidential palace in Cairo - Washington Post :: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egyptian-protesters-clash-with-police-outside-presidential-palace-in-cairo/2013/02/01/7d3af152-6c95-11e2-8740-9b58f43c191a_story.html

Alabama bunker hostage boy's family is 'holding on by a thread' - NBCNews.com (blog) :: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/31/16759153-alabama-bunker-hostage-boys-family-is-holding-on-by-a-thread?lite