2. President Obama used an online chat to explain his administration's use of unmanned drone aircraft overseas. The president says drone attacks have been very effective against al-Qaeda, while keeping civilian casualties low.

 

 

 

3. Members of Congress are working on legislation to make it clear that insider stock trading laws apply to them as well. The bill is said to have bipartisan support. The Senate could pass its version this week. 

 

 

 

4. And a big lake-effect snowstorm slammed upstate New York. Snowfall reached as high as 32 inches in the town of Fulton, near the Lake Ontario shoreline.