Obama to discuss immigration reform

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Obama to discuss immigration reform
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The president is expected to highlight
immigration proposals in a speech this afternoon
in Las Vegas, Nevada, but he will not introduce
new legislation at this point in time. His
announcement today is coming under criticism from
Latino activists for failing to deliver on 2008
campaign promise to make immigration reform a
priority of his first term. Obama will press for
quick action on immigration reform which includes
a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal
immigrants. His speech is in response to a
bipartisan group of eight senators who laid out
their blueprint for immigration reform yesterday.
The White House may consider introducing its own
legislation should the Senate plan fall apart.
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In Other News

• In a recent update to Google Maps, some of North
  Korea is now visible. It has filled in the big,
  largely blank space that previously lay north of
  the well-mapped South Korea with streets, towns
  and landmarks. Users curious to virtually explore
  one of the world's most reclusive nations can
  zoom into the heart of Pyongyang (the capital)
  and pull up photographs of the Kumsusan Memorial
  Palace, which houses the bodies of the revered
  former leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. The
  availability of photos quickly thins as users
  scroll into the North Korean countryside and
  dries up almost entirely around more
  controversial areas marked on the map, like the
  Yongbyon nuclear complex. Google said that North
  Korea had been one of the largest places with
  limited map data in the world. The details added
  to the map, however, didn't come from the North
  Korean leader Kim Jong Un's regime. Google said
  "a community of citizen cartographers" used the
  Internet search giant's Google Map Maker software
  over a period of years to pinpoint road and place
  names. Google Map Maker works in a similar way to
  Wikipedia, allowing users to add, edit and review
  information.
• Caleb Moore, 25, was competing at the X Games in
  the snowmobile freestyle final Thursday in Aspen,
  Colorado, when he came up short while trying to
  do a back flip. The front skis of the machine
  clipped the landing hill and Moore shot forward
  over the handlebars. The 450-pound snowmobile
  struck him as he slid down the hill and the
  machine tumbled over him. He remains in critical
  condition. The X Games Aspen features competitors
  in snowmobiling, snowboard and skiing events.
• Iran says its latest bid to join the space race
  has come to fruition. According to official
  Iranian news reports, a monkey was strapped into
  a rocket and launched 75 miles into the sky on
  Monday. Though Iran's foes fear the real aim may
  not be for space exploration but to test missile
  launching capabilities for less peaceful
  purposes.
• Tiger Woods bested the field at the Farmers
  Insurance Open at Torrey Pines to win the
  tournament for the seventh time in his
  career. That was not the only milestone for
  Woods, however, as the victory also marked the
  75th time he has won a PGA Tour event.