A.M. Links: House Approves Trillion Dollar Spending Bill, LAPD Testing Body Cameras, 2013 Hot and Wet

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly

approved a 1,582-page, trillion dollar spending bill.
Computer security experts are
warning the government that the Obamacare website is not
protected from hackers.
The DEA’s chief of operations
called state efforts to legalize marijuana “reckless and
irresponsible.”
The LAPD is testing
body cameras for 90 days with 30 cops who volunteered to wear
them.
The IMF’s Christine Lagarde
thinks this could be the year the global economy finally gets
better.
The French ambassador to the UN
explained his country had underestimated the level of hatred
between Muslims and Christians before intervening in the Central
African Republic.
90 percent of Egyptians
voted to approve the new constitution, in an election boycotted
by the banned-again Muslim Brotherhood.
2013 was a hotter and wetter than average year in the U.S.,

according to government data.
Oscar nominations were announced
this morning. 12 Years a Slave, Gravity, and American Hustle lead
in nominations, while Jeremy Scahill’s documentary about U.S.
covert warfare, Dirty Wars, also received a nomination. Maybe the
First Lady will announce that winner this year?