Tuesday April 2, 2013 Sunny and cool

European companies boost US presence. Shale gas said to stem this influx. Unlocking shale has give US advantage as the price of natural gas is 25 percent less...gun laws meeting resistance as 90 percent poll think background checks should be implemented but gun lobby has waged assault and is winning...real estate investor flocking to PG county to snap up foreclosures to flip...smoking cessation aides being used for longer than originally prescribed with FDA blessings...only eight senators do not favor same sex marriage...several because their children are gays says Post...Alaskan republican who has served 41 years commented that his father used to hire "wetbacks" to pick tomatoes when he was a boy...climate activist leaves NASA to fight global warming full time after years of pressure from superiors... James E. Hansen is one the worlds forest authorities coming out in 1988 with fears...American soldier playing with children in Afghanistan stabbed in neck by teen and dies...American tourist kidnapped and sexually assaulted in Rio de Janiero...20 deer killed in Rock Creek park in controlled kill...man pulls gun and woman pulls knife in road rage event on 295 no injuries even though woman struck man...and the beat goes on...