Friday,  February 1, 2013 • Vol. 13--No. 197 • 22 of 31 •  Other Editions

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for a proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline is constitutional.
• The state responded Monday to a lawsuit filed by three opponents of the pipeline that will carry Canadian tar sands oil across several U.S. states to Gulf coast refineries.

• The lawsuit says the state law is unconstitutional because it doesn't allow for judicial review or spell out what criteria should be considered when evaluating a pipeline project.
• Three landowners filed the lawsuit. The state argued unsuccessfully in September for the lawsuit to be dismissed.
• The Attorney General's Office also contends that the landowners have no rights to assert as taxpayers in this case because no tax money is being spent. TransCanada is required to reimburse the state for the review.
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press

• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times in EST):
• 1. SUICIDE BOMBER STRIKES U.S. EMBASSY IN TURKEY
• Police say the attacker detonated an explosive device at the entrance to the embassy in Ankara and a report says two security guards were killed.
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• 2. FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAYOR DIES
• Ed Koch, the combative, acid-tongued politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin and embodied New York chutzpah for the rest of the world, dies at 88.
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• 3. AMBER ALERTS MAY BE A TURN OFF TO SOME
• A new national alert system recently rolled out to cellphones that a child had been abducted has officials worried people will choose to opt out if their phones come to life unexpectedly.
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• 4. SOMBER CEREMONY TO MARK SHUTTLE TRAGEDY
• At 10 a.m., NASA will honor the seven astronauts who perished when the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas 10 years ago.
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