The AP's Jean H. Lee visits Pyongyang, and is struck mostly by how calm people seem. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is gathering support for Congress' first showdown vote on Obama's gun control drive. Cuba denies refuge to a man and his wife facing charges after they took their two sons from their guardian and fled. A student goes from building-to-building and stabs at least 14 people at a Texas community college. A movie marquee in Britain is rearranged to read "Margaret Thatchers Dead LOL," fresh evidence of how divisive a figure she was. Al-Qaida's branch in Iraq is joining forces with the most powerful rebel extremist group in Syria. The U.S. Air Force plans to ground about a third of its active-duty force of combat planes because of federal cost-cutting. Texting by the pilot of a medical helicopter contributed to a crash in Missouri that killed four, investigators say. A few people dressed in child-friendly costumes in Times Square have gone a little too far lately. Cookie Monster, for one, stands accused of shoving a 2-year-old. Louisville will lose Peyton Siva to graduation and possibly Gorgui Dieng to the NBA draft, but everyone else is expected to return next season.