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Visitors are silhouetted as flags fly at half-staff around the base of the Washington Monument in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, in honor of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.(Photo: Carolyn Kaster, AP)
Obama visits the Supreme Court to pay respects to Scalia
Justice Antonin Scalia will lie in repose at the Supreme Court on Friday, and President Obama will be among those paying respects.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>A private ceremony will be held at the court at 9:30 a.m.ET; the public is invited to visit<span style="color: Red;">*</span>from 10:30 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. on Friday, when Scalia's casket will be in the court's Great Hall. Lying in repose is<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a tradition last observed for Chief Justice William Rehnquist in 2005.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Scalia, whose funeral is set for Saturday, was the longest-serving<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Supreme Court justice<span style="color: Red;">*</span>when he died at age 79.
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The body of Justice Antonin Scalia will lie in repose in the Supreme Court's Great Hall on Friday, as the public is invited to pay its respects to the jurist who died unexpectedly over the weekend. (Feb. 16) AP
Pivotal hearing for 'affluenza' teen Ethan Couch
The Texas teen<span style="color: Red;">*</span>known for his<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"affluenza" defense<span style="color: Red;">*</span>when he was<span style="color: Red;">*</span>given probation for killing four people<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in a 2013 drunken-driving crash<span style="color: Red;">*</span>could be transferred to adult court<span style="color: Red;">*</span>following a Friday hearing. He could <span style="color: Red;">*</span>face 120 days in jail.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Authorities say Ethan Couch and his mother<span style="color: Red;">*</span>fled to Mexico after a video<span style="color: Red;">*</span>surfaced that purportedly showed<span style="color: Red;">*</span>him at a party where alcohol was served. Drinking alcohol would violate<span style="color: Red;">*</span>his probation. (They both returned to the U.S. in January.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Because Couch was 16 at the time of the crash, a judge sentenced him in juvenile court to 10 years' probation and a stint in a rehabilitation center.
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A concrete bed is all Ethan Couch has for comfort in the maximum security Lon Evans Corrections Center. VPC
'Organic' pot? Nope. But maybe 'pesticide-free' in Colorado
The latest issue to crop up over legal pot in Colorado? Whether or not it's "organic." The state on Friday will look at a proposal<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to create a new "pesticide-free" system for marijuana labeling. If it becomes law, Colorado would be the first legal weed state to tighten the rules for advertising pot products as organic. What makes this issue tricky? Organic certification is overseen by the federal government and, since the feds consider pot illegal, it can't be labeled as such. But that also means right now there's nothing stopping growers from attaching the label to their wares.
A researcher walks through a marijuana cultivation facility in Denver in the 2015 file photo. Colorado lawmakers are considering creating a new system for certifying cannabis as grown without contaminants.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY)
In Venezuela, world's cheapest gas gets more expensive
The cheapest gas in the world<span style="color: Red;">*</span>will<span style="color: Red;">*</span>get<span style="color: Red;">*</span>more expensive Friday as Venezuela President<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Nicolas Maduro<span style="color: Red;">*</span>hikes heavily subsidized gas prices by as much as 6,000%.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The price for regular gas will rise to 38 cents a gallon,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>but calculated at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the widely used black market rate of 1,000 bolivars to the dollar, drivers will still be able to fill their tanks for pennies.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The rate hike is the first in nearly two decades<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and an attempt to avoid a default on foreign debts, which have skyrocketed as the price of oil has plummeted.
Cars wait in lines at a gas station in Caracas on Feb.17, 2016, after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he would boost the price of gasoline for the first time in nearly 20 years.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Juan Barreto, AFP/Getty Images)
Kanye West-designed Yeezy Boost 350s<span style="color: Red;">*</span>hit stores today
If you missed the tiny window to reserve your Yeezy Boost 350s, you get another shot on Friday. Adidas on Tuesday offered reservations for the Kanye West-designed shoes through its Confirmed app for customers in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles, but reservations closed in just 22 minutes. The shoes, which sell for $200, go on sale Friday at Adidas Originals stores. Their availability at other retailers is iffy: Finish Line, Foot Locker<span style="color: Red;">*</span>or Champs reportedly handed out raffle tickets earlier in the week. You can also try to purchase them online at adidas.com/yeezy.
The new Yeezy Boost 350s drop Friday, Feb. 19.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Screenshot via Twitter @adidasoriginals)
And<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the essentials:
Weather:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>A fairly tranquil weather day is on tap Friday for most of the country while another storm dumps rain and snow on the Northwest.
Stocks:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>U.S. stock futures were lower Friday.
TV Tonight:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Wondering<span style="color: Red;">*</span>what to watch this weekend? TV critic Robert Bianco looks specials about musician Carole King, Disney's 60th anniversary and director James Burrows.
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