In Newtown, debate begins on future of school massacre site

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• In Newtown, debate begins on future of school massacre site
• Gun groups predict assault weapons ban will fail in Congress
• Obama to push ahead on immigration overhaul early in 2013: NYT
• Two arrested in armed invasion of Nordstrom store in L.A.- report
• New reform-minded farm law needed, says big farm group
• Ex-President George H.W. Bush may leave hospital soon: spokesman
• Police shoot, wound man at San Diego movie theater
• Gun groups: Push to ban assault weapons will fail
• Biden to meet House members on gun proposals on Monday
• Farm group calls for farm labor reform

In Newtown, debate begins on future of school massacre site Posted: 13 Jan 2013 06:46 PM PST NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Parents of children who attended Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut expressed mixed feelings on Sunday about what should be done with the facility and its grounds following a December shooting rampage that killed 20 students and six staff members. Speaking at the first of two "community conversations" on the fate of the school, parents and residents of the community discussed whether to return children to the school or demolish it and build a memorial on the grounds. ...

Gun groups predict assault weapons ban will fail in Congress Posted: 13 Jan 2013 06:45 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gun rights groups on Sunday forecast that bids to ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips would fail in Congress, as Vice President Joe Biden prepares this week to give President Barack Obama proposals to curb gun violence. Even some congressional Democrats indicated that a bill to revive the U.S. assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 would have a difficult time winning passage in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and Democratic-led Senate. "An assault weapons stand-alone ban - on just guns alone ... ...

Obama to push ahead on immigration overhaul early in 2013: NYT Posted: 13 Jan 2013 10:47 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is forging ahead on a wide-ranging plan to overhaul the U.S. immigration system early this year, including a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants already in the country, the New York Times reported on Sunday. Obama wants to advance the plan even as he faces tough battles with Congress over fiscal issues and gun-control laws, and may lay out his ideas during his annual State of the Union address on February 12, the Times said, citing senior administration officials and lawmakers. ...

Two arrested in armed invasion of Nordstrom store in L.A.- report Posted: 13 Jan 2013 07:16 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police have arrested two suspects in an armed invasion at a Los Angeles-area Nordstrom Rack store last week in which 14 people were held captive, one of them stabbed and another sexually assaulted, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday. The Times, citing unnamed sources close to the law enforcement investigation, reported that one of the suspects was arrested on Friday morning and that the other was taken into custody on Saturday at a motel in Phoenix, Arizona. The newspaper said few other details were available. ...

New reform-minded farm law needed, says big farm group Posted: 13 Jan 2013 01:30 PM PST NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Farmers want a new reform-minded farm law even if it means the end of a popular $5 billion-a-year subsidy that is paid regardless of need, the president of the largest U.S. farm group said on Sunday. "There's a great deal of concern how this drought is going to play out in 2013," President Bob Stallman said at the opening of the American Farm Bureau convention. Sixty percent of the nation is currently under severe to extraordinary drought. Congress is months overdue in an overhaul of U.S. farm subsidy law. ...

Ex-President George H.W. Bush may leave hospital soon: spokesman Posted: 13 Jan 2013 08:37 AM PST AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Former President George H.W. Bush, who has been hospitalized in Houston since November, may be released from the facility in the coming days, a family spokesman said on Sunday. "We are hopeful that the president can be discharged this coming week, but we're still taking everything one day at a time," spokesman Jim McGrath said in an email. Bush's son, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, said on Saturday that his father was expected to be released from the hospital on Monday, according to TCPalm.com. ...

Police shoot, wound man at San Diego movie theater Posted: 12 Jan 2013 07:44 PM PST (Reuters) - Police on Saturday shot and wounded a man at a San Diego movie theater who was suspected of having threatened his girlfriend with a handgun earlier in the day. San Diego police said an officer shot the man at the theater shortly before 4 p.m. local time. The San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper said the theater was evacuated after the shooting. An incident reported more than an hour earlier may have led to the shooting, police said. The suspect's girlfriend called police and said her boyfriend had threatened her with a handgun and fled, Fox 5 television reported. ...

Gun groups: Push to ban assault weapons will fail Posted: 13 Jan 2013 02:58 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gun rights groups on Sunday forecast that bids to ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips would fail in Congress, as Vice President Joe Biden prepares this week to give President Barack Obama proposals to curb gun violence. Even some congressional Democrats indicated that a bill to revive the U.S. assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 would have a difficult time winning passage in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and Democratic-led Senate. "An assault weapons stand-alone ban - on just guns alone ... ...

Biden to meet House members on gun proposals on Monday Posted: 13 Jan 2013 06:03 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden and members of President Barack Obama's Cabinet will meet on Monday with members of the U.S. House of Representatives as he prepares recommendations on how to curb a rash of gun violence in the United States. Biden is heading a task force due to provide Obama this week with recommendations on how to curb the gun violence. Obama formed the task force after the massacre - one month ago as of Monday - in Newtown, Connecticut, in which a gunman shot dead 20 children and six adults at a primary school. ...

Farm group calls for farm labor reform Posted: 13 Jan 2013 04:03 PM PST NASHVILLE (Reuters) - The biggest U.S. farm group is pressing for a new law to reform immigration rules to assure farm workers can enter the country and to allow illegal workers to gain legal U.S. residence after several years. "This is a huge issue with us," said Bob Stallman, president of the 6 million-member American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) on Sunday. "I think if we start building momentum, this is something we can do." Immigration reform became a front-burner issue following the general election in November, when Hispanic support figured in President Barack Obama's re-election. ...

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