Army withdrawing in Europe

Missoulian: Panetta: Army to withdraw 2 brigades from Europe
DOD: Army to Replace 2 Brigades in Europe With Rotating Units

Greenhouse Gases/ Mars/ Finances/ Insourcing

Missoulian: EPA: U.S. power plants main culprit behind greenhouse gases; Colstrip No. 8

EPA: Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program Data for Calendar Year 2010
“The data collected through the GHG Reporting Program complements the U.S. Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks that the EPA has published every year since 1990. For more detail on the similarities and differences between these two sources of GHG data please review this fact sheet (PDF)”

Missoulian: Mars-bound NASA rover adjusts course to red planet

NASA: Spacecraft Completes Biggest Maneuver
“"We've completed a big step toward our encounter with Mars," said Brian Portock of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., deputy mission manager for the cruise phase of the mission. "The telemetry from the spacecraft and the Doppler data show that the maneuver was completed as planned."”

Helena Independent Record: Fighting for troops’ finances
CFPD: Information for servicemembers

Missoulian: Obama aims to reward businesses that invest in US

Everything You Need to Know About Insourcing
“In 2010, KEEN, the footwear designer, opened a 15,000-square-foot facility to manufacture boots in Portland, Oregon—moving production from China to a location just five miles from its corporate headquarters. The company also makes bags in California and socks in North Carolina. After watching costs rise in its Chinese factories, Master Lock began bringing production back to Milwaukee—the same place where the company was founded in 1921.”

Supreme Court Ruling

Helena Independent Record: Court rules against man convicted by eyewitness ID

Perry v. New Hampshire
“The Constitution protects a defendant against a conviction introduction of the evidence, but by affording the defendant means to persuade the jury that the evidence should be discounted as unworthy of credit. Only when evidence “is so extremely unfair that its admission violates fundamental conceptions of justice,” Dowling v. United States, 493 U. S. 342, 352 (internal quotation marks omitted),does the Due Process Clause preclude its admission.”

National Parks/ Housing Market

Billings Gazette: Access to national parks free this weekend

National Park Service: Free Admission to All National Parks from January 14-16
“Start your new year with a free visit to a national park! All 397 national parks across the country will offer free admission from January 14 through 16 to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
You can literally walk in Dr. King's footsteps at Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site in Georgia, the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail in Alabama, or the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC – just a few of the many national parks that have direct ties to Dr. King or the Civil Rights movement.”

Billings Gazette: Robert J. Samuelson: Frustrated Fed tries to prod other agencies to action

Federal Reserve: The U.S. Housing Market: Current Conditions and Policy Considerations

Updated Definition of Rape

Missoulian: Officials: Evidence threshold is high for rape charges

U.S. Justice Department: An Updated Definition of Rape
“For the first time ever, the new definition includes any gender of victim and perpetrator, not just women being raped by men. It also recognizes that rape with an object can be as traumatic as penile/vaginal rape. This definition also includes instances in which the victim is unable to give consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity. ”