Since North Korea conducted underground nuclear tests on February 12, the international community has taken renewed interest - and consternation- by their bellicose actions. These tests prompted the United Nations Security Council to order harsher sanctions against the already isolated country. In return, North Korea has threatened the U.S., and its allies "all out war."
In the early hours of Friday morning, a gunman opened fire on police officers in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles before barricading himself in his house, shooting his wife and then killing himself.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday after a two-year battle with a pelvic tumor cancer. He recently won re-election in his country, though some say was fraught with voting malpractice, sworn in for the fourth time. Recently, he tried to institute into law the ability to run for the presidential office "indefinitely."
Colorado Democrats seem to have the advantage with advancing aggressive gun-control proposals on Friday in a state that has seen its share of horrendous shootings. The debate playing out in Colorado is being watched closely because its moderate political makeup makes it a testing ground to see how far the nation is willing to go with new gun laws.
