A.M. Links: Christopher Dorner Charged with Murder, May Already be in Mexico, TSA Considers Sending Body Scanners to Government Buildings, North Korea Confirms Detonating Nuke

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  The Riverside DA has charged former LAPD cop Christopher Dorner, who may already be in Mexico, with murder, saying "every law-enforcement officer in Southern California is in danger of being shot or killed." And anyone that might look like Dorner, or even not.

• Chuck Hagel may get a vote on his nomination to Secretary of Defense today.
• Senator Dianne Feinstein claims civilian casualties in drone strikes by the U.S. number in the single digits annually.
• Senator Joe Manchin says new restrictions on gun ownership are not necessary to reduce mass shootings.
• The TSA is considering transferring backscatter x-ray machines currently being removed from airport security checkpoints to government buildings. At about $160,000 a pop, the agency is looking for somewhere to deploy the machines.
• The manufacture of solar panels produces millions of pounds of sludge and contaminated water every year. Use of wind power, meanwhile, increased by 20 percent last year.
• North Korea confirms seismic activity detected in the country was the result of a nuclear test. President Obama called the test a "highly provocative act."
• Pope Benedict XVI says he won't interfere in the process to choose his successor.

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