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• 3. SENATE DEMOCRATS PUSH OBAMA NOMINEES
• Democrats are ready to muscle through the president's choices for pivotal judgeships and other top jobs, but Republicans retain enough power to slow the appointments.
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• 4. THAI GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR EARLY ELECTIONS
• Thailand's prime minister announces she will dissolve the lower house of Parliament and asks for early voting in an attempt to calm the country's deepening political crisis.
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• 5. US DEFENSE SECRETARY TRAVELS TO PAKISTAN
• Chuck Hagel arrived early today for meetings with the nation's prime minister and military leaders, hoping to further repair a strained relationship between Washington and Islamabad.
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• 6. RIOT POLICE DEPLOY IN UKRAINE
• A day after massive protests, authorities in full riot gear move into the center of Kiev where opposition activists have been occupying a city administration building and a central square.
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• 7. WHY KIM JONG UN'S UNCLE IS OUT
• North Korea acknowledges that it has purged the country's second most powerful official, accusing him of corruption, drug use, womanizing and leading a "dissolute and depraved life."
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• 8. NEWLYWED MURDER TRIAL BEGINS
• A 22-year-old woman accused of killing her new husband, who fell to his death on a cliff in Montana's Glacier National Park, faces charges in federal court.
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• 9. WHAT INSECT IS NEW TO NEW YORK
• A cockroach that can withstand harsh winter cold makes its U.S. debut on the streets Manhattan.
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• 10. KENNEDY HONORS FOR BILLY JOEL, SANTANA
• Jazz legend Herbie Hancock, opera star Martina Arroyo and actress Shirley MacLaine also receive the nation's highest award for arts and culture.

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