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Boehner Facing Fight for the Gavel?

John Boehner could be in for a fight Thursday when the newly seated House votes for the next speaker, with conservatives grumbling about his leadership and a report surfacing about a supposed plan to challenge him.

Group Issues 'Urgent Alert' As Ill. Dems Advance Gun Control Bills

Illinois Senate Democrats advance legislation to restrict semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity magazines, pressing forward with new gun control measures in the waning days of the session over the objections of firearms groups.

Sandy Hook Students Return to Class at Nearby School

The Newtown schools superintendent says they are preparing for a "normal" day, but it will likely be anything but that when classes resume Thursday for Sandy Hook Elementary School students for the first time since a gunman killed 20 of their classmates.

Politics
•	Obama signs $633 billion defense bill after threatening to veto it
•	Obama signs fiscal crisis deal and defense bill from Hawaii with autopen
•	Illinois Dems press forward with gun control bills, firearms group warns of 'no exemptions'

Opinion
•	It wasn't pretty, but the system worked
•	Des Moines Register publishes gun-ban column advocating deadly violence against NRA, GOP leaders
•	Obama's fiscal crisis drama offers bleak snapshot of America's new reality

Scitech
•	Google's Eric Schmidt to visit North Korea
•	Microsoft calls for crackdown on Google. Again
•	US reportedly tested secret 'tsunami bomb' off New Zealand coast

Entertainment
•	Madonna fan gets probation for resisting New York arrest
•	Lindsay Lohan not evicted from Beverly Hills home, source says
•	Miley Cyrus rips paparazzo killed following Justin Bieber's Ferrari; Bieber hopes 'meaningful legislation' might result

Leisure
•	Pan-Arab Al-Jazeera buys Current TV from Al Gore
•	Food trends for 2013
•	Wrong-way driver went 18 miles on Pa. road

Video
•	US: Quickly becoming Greece's fiscal twin?
•	N.Y., N.J. lawmakers demand answers on Sandy aid bill
•	Threats of legal action against major gun retailer