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FILE - This Jan. 13, 2013 file photo shows actress Marion Cotillard at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Cotillard has been named the 2013 Harvard University Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the Year. The French actress, who won the 2007 best actress Oscar for her role in "La Vie En Rose," will be honored with a parade and roast, and given her ceremonial pudding pot, at Harvard on Jan. 31. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, file)

Marion Cotillard named Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

Martin O’Malley’s budget includes new capital projects for Maryland

Martin O’Malley’s budget includes new capital projects for Maryland

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

In this Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 photo, American recording artist, songwriter and producer, Miguel, poses for a portrait, in New York. Miguel is nominated for five Grammy Awards, including song of the year for his No. 1 R&B hit, "Adorn," and best urban contemporary album for his sophomore release, "Kaleidoscope Dream." The Grammys air Feb. 10., 2013. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP Images)

Adorned by the Grammys: Miguel has breakthrough

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this March 9 2009 file photo, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Washington. Salazar will leave the Obama administration in March, an Obama administration official said Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar leaving Cabinet

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian people gather at the site after an explosion hit a university in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Two explosions struck the main university in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Tuesday, causing an unknown number of casualties, state media and anti-government activists said. There were conflicting reports as to what caused the blast at Aleppo University, which was in session Tuesday. (AP Photo/SANA)

Car bombs kill at least 22 in northern Syria

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

FILE In this Thursday Sept. 23, 2010 file photo prison guards mill outside the entrance to the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va. Robert Gleason Jr. is scheduled to be executed at 9 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 at the prison. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Man who killed 2 fellow inmates executed in Virginia

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

Winter is good time to spot bald eagles in Maryland

Winter is good time to spot bald eagles in Maryland

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

Fed survey finds economy expanding moderately

Fed survey finds economy expanding moderately

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

An Indian army soldier patrols near the Line of Control (LOC), the line that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan, in Churunda village, about 150 Kilometers (94 miles) northwest of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. India's relations with archrival Pakistan "cannot be business as usual" in the wake of a spate of attacks in Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday in a statement that threatens to ratchet up tensions in the wake of the Himalayan violence. A series of tit-for-tat attacks, including the beheading of an Indian soldier, across the LOC that divides the Himalayan region has killed two Pakistani and two Indian soldiers over the past 10 days. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

India, Pakistan agree to ease tensions in Kashmir

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

Arkansas lawmakers reject pay hike for officials

Arkansas lawmakers reject pay hike for officials

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

Senate panel sets Chuck Hagel hearing for Jan. 31

Senate panel sets Chuck Hagel hearing for Jan. 31

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am

This undated publicity photo released by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. shows Jessica Chastain, as Maya, a member of the elite team of spies and military operatives stationed in a covert base overseas, who secretly devoted themselves to finding Osama Bin Laden in Columbia Pictures' new thriller, "Zero Dark Thirty," directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Chastain received an Academy Award nomination for best actress for her portrayal of the young, obsessed CIA operative driving the search. (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Jonathan Olley)

Will torture questions hurt Oscar chances for ‘Zero Dark Thirty’?

Associated Press · January 16, 2013 5:00 am