Jobless aid measure clears Senate hurdle (AP)
AP - Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year has won key GOP support that means it will soon pass the Senate.
Producer admits to attempted Letterman shakedown (AP)
AP - A television producer admitted Tuesday to trying to shake down David Letterman in a case that bared the late-night icon's affairs with staffers, avoiding a long prison sentence by pleading guilty in exchange for six months in jail and community service.
Accused Letterman extortionist pleads guilty (Reuters)
Reuters - A TV producer accused of a $2 million extortion attempt against talk show host David Letterman pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny on Tuesday in exchange for agreeing to a six-month sentence.
Ohio State janitor’s gunfire kills co-worker, self (AP)
AP - An Ohio State University janitor who received a bad job evaluation shot two supervisors in a campus maintenance building, killing one of them, then fatally shot himself, officials said Tuesday.
12 centuries-old shipwrecks found in Baltic Sea (AP)
AP - A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks — some of them unusually well-preserved — have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany.
Israel OKs new settler homes as Biden talks peace (AFP)
AFP - Israel approved on Tuesday building 1,600 new settler homes in east Jerusalem, announcing the move as US Vice President Joe Biden met top Israeli officials to boost renewed peace efforts.
Carl Edwards gets 3 weeks’ probation from NASCAR (AP)
AP - Sticking with its "boys, have at it" attitude, NASCAR placed Carl Edwards on three-race probation Tuesday for his deliberate wreck with Brad Keselowski in last weekend's race at Atlanta.
Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in Calif. (AP)
AP - Federal officials are sending two investigators to California to determine what caused a Toyota Prius to race out of control on a San Diego-area freeway.
Biden: ‘No space’ between Israel and U.S. (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden assured Israel Tuesday of Washington's commitment to its security and preventing Iran from producing nuclear weapons.
Nigeria urged to end impunity after village massacre (Reuters)
Reuters - Nigeria must prosecute those behind a weekend massacre and address underlying issues of poverty and discrimination if it is to end a cycle of violence in the zone between its Muslim north and Christian south, rights groups and diplomats said.