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• -- Production or sales index increased to 64.7 in January from 56.8.
• And delivery lead time increased to 55.6 from December's 52.
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Last of 3 counterfeiting suspects sentenced in SD
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A Florida man who pleaded guilty to passing counterfeit $100 bills in South Dakota has been sentenced.
• Twenty-two-year-old Rafiq McDonald, of Orlando, Fla., was sentenced to six months in federal custody. U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says McDonald will serve the sentence at the same time as a state sentence in Wisconsin. McDonald also was ordered to pay $400 in restitution.
• Johnson says McDonald and two accomplices passed bogus bills at various businesses in Sioux Falls in December 2012. Co-defendants Macquillie Woodard of Minneapolis and Timothy Oben of Eau Claire, Wis., earlier pleaded guilty. Woodard was sentenced to 10 months and Oben two years behind bars.
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press
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• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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• 1. AUTHORITIES TESTING PACKETS OF HEROIN FOUND IN HOFFMAN APARTMENT
• Officials want to know whether the drug was mixed with anything else. The actor's autopsy is underway and results are pending.
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• 2. BANKS, RETAILERS BATTLE OVER CONSUMER DATA BREACHES
• Each is using its lobbying might to persuade Congress that the other side is responsible for protecting personal information of consumers.
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• 3. WHY THE MARKETS ARE JITTERY AS COMPANIES REPORT EARNINGS
• Last year's big gains have left share prices so high that investors are hammering stocks that report evenly slightly bad news.
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• 4. PERSONAL NOTES OF JOHN PAUL II TO BE PUBLISHED WEDNESDAY
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