2. President Obama says US businesses are looking for quick passage of immigration reform as he pushes Congress to act by the end of the year. He says it is a bipartisan effort.

 

3. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford admitted to drug uses Tuesday, after initially insisting that a video showing him smoking cracked didn’t exist.

 

4. India launched its first space craft bound for Mars as hundreds of people watched the rocket carrying the Mars orbit take off from an east coast island. The country hopes the complex mission will demonstrate and advance technologies with space travel.