The Senate has a new President Pro Tempore today after Vice president Joe Biden made a visit to swear in Senator Patrick Leahy, the Democratic Senator from Vermont after the death of Senator Daniel Inouye yesterday. Leahy is now third in line for the presidency after the Vice President and Speaker of the House.
It was announced in Anchorage yesterday by U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler that seven people in South Central Alaska were indicted on charges of Methylone conspiracy.
One of the most influential Democratic Senators, Daniel Inouye, aged 88 years, died of what doctors are saying was respiratory complications.
Although North Korea's launch of a rocket earlier this month has been deemed a success after it completed its mission of placing an object into orbit. The success of the launch stops there if experts are correct.