National and International News-Tuesday, Feb. 13th

BEIJING (AP) - Applause at a conference room in Beijing, when North Korea agreed to take the first steps toward getting rid of its nuclear weapons. Delegates to the six-nation talks say North Korea will shut down its main nuclear reactor within 60 days in exchange for massive amounts of energy aid.

CAPITOL HILL (AP) - Each of the House's 435 members and five delegates will be allotted five minutes to speak on the war in Iraq, when debate begins today on a resolution opposing the deployment of more troops. A vote will come later this week. While such legislation is non-binding, the vote could be politically
embarrassing for President Bush.

UNDATED (AP) - A store manager who saw a gunman shoot a woman at a Salt Lake City shopping mall says he looked like "an average Joe." Police don't know why the man randomly fired on shoppers. Five died, along with the gunman. In Philadelphia, police say there was an argument about money before a man shot three men dead at a business meeting, then turned the gun on himself.

UNDATED (AP) - Winter is rearing its head again. Heavy snow advisories are up from Kansas to Indiana. The mid-Atlantic, including Washington D-C, is bracing for snow, sleet and freezing rain. And upstate New York could see more than a foot of new snow on top of the more than 100 inches already on the ground.

OLEAN, N.Y. (AP) - Most people give flowers or candy to their loved ones on Valentine's Day. A woman in upstate New York is giving her husband a kidney. The transplant will take place tomorrow, on Valentine's Day.