News you NEED to know…..

 

News provided by MSOnline News Correspondent Valerie…..

 

 

 

Fiscal cliff winners and losers.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/02/politics/cliff-winners-and-losers/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

 

 

Conservatives rebel against Boehner.

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/conservatives-rebel-against-boehner-85749.html

 

 

Saudi Arabia and US launch drone attack on Yemen.

http://www.france24.com/en/20130104-saudi-jets-bolster-us-drone-attacks-yemen-report

 

 

Smokers’ taxes dramatically increase in Australia.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/health/smokers-set-to-be-taxed-out-of-habit/story-fn59nokw-1226547381195

 

 

Measles cases soared in Pakistan in 2012; distrust in vaccines blamed.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57561656/measles-cases-skyrocket-in-pakistan-amid-distrust-of-vaccination-programs/

 

 

More solider suicides than combat deaths.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/03/16309351-the-enemy-within-soldier-suicides-outpaced-combat-deaths-in-2012?lite

 

**As a side note, here is a link for the Army’s suicide prevention website. (If anyone has any other links for our veterans who frequent this site, please post them.)

http://www.armyg1.army.mil/hr/suicide/default.asp

 

**As another side note, more law enforcement officers die from suicide than from criminals. Here’s a link to Safe Call Now, a suicide prevention and LEO support site.

http://safecallnow.org/

 

 

 

Record snow on New Year’s Day in US.

http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/new-years-day-set-snow-cover-record-in-u-s/

 

 

Forecast for the nation.

http://www.weather.com/newscenter/nationalforecast/

 

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