1. INTERIOR:
Salazar's resignation spurs assessments of his tenure, talk about replacements
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today said he will leave President Obama's Cabinet by the end of March to return to his family in Colorado, leaving a deep imprint on the management of the nation's lands and waters. His departure leaves another hole in Obama's Cabinet and could signal major changes at an agency that oversees energy development, conservation and wildlife protections on a fifth of the nation's land and the outer continental shelf. Go to story #1