1. National—GOP Presidential Debate Tonight at 7 p.m., Anderson Cooper will host the GOP presidential debate on CNN at the Venetian Hotel-Casino Resort in Las Vegas. Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, will not participate in the debate, but the other leaders will. Herman Cain has been making headlines lately with his proposed 9-9-9 tax plan.

2. National—IndyCar Driver dies Sat. Reigning Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died in a fiery crash in Las Vegas on Sunday. He was killed on the 11 th lap of the Honda Indy 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday He left behind a wife, and 2 sons (2 yr. & 6 th mos) Wheldon had won 16 races in the IndyCar Series

3. National—Kudzu-eating Bugs? The plant that has over-taken the South has now met its match, the Kudzu-eating Bug. The problem is, the bug also likes another East Asian transplant that happens to be something useful, the soybean. This bug was found near Atlanta in October 2009. Kudzu and soybeans are both legumes. And the bugs are outliving the insecticides that are meant to kill the bug.