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across its many chapters.
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• 3. CHECKING IN ON POSSIBLE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
• They may not be running officially yet but there's plenty of action among potential candidates for the next presidential race.
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• 4. FEDS KEEP AN EYE ON ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH
• While Colorado prepares to be the first in the nation to allow recreational pot sales in the new year, the Justice Department is standing watch.
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• 5. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER SERIOUSLY INJURED IN SKI ACCIDENT
• A doctor says he cannot predict the future of the seven-time F1 racing champ, who is in critical condition following brain surgery after hitting his head on a rock in the French Alps.
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• 6. WHERE TEACHERS MAKE HOUSE CALLS
• Urban public schools in the St. Louis area are experimenting with sending teachers to homes. But unlike previous programs, these visits seek to narrow the divide between teachers and parents.
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• 7. CHINA BANS OFFICIALS FROM SMOKING IN PUBLIC
• China, which has the world's largest number of smokers, has banned officials from lighting up in public in an effort to get others to limit smoking.
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• 8. FEDERAL HEALTH MARKET SURPASSES 1 MILLION SIGNUPS
• A December surge gives a boost to the problem-plagued federal insurance market website, the White House says.
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• 9. WHERE SOME ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS TURN FOR CARE
• Facilities in northern Thailand provide high-quality care for the elderly that's also less expensive than in Europe or the U.S., some families say.
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• 10. WHAT'S AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE IN VENEZUELA
• The nation's fiercely competitive baseball league is in full swing and it's drawing the biggest contingent of American players in decades.
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