It's Not Just a Fiscal Cliff We're Going Over

As Barry McGuire asked in that challenging classic from yesteryear, "And you tell me, over and over and over again, you can't believe we're on the eve of destruction?"

Check out just a sampling of today's headlines.

* Only 7% of Detroit Public-School 8th Graders Proficient in Reading

* North Korea Launches Rocket, Hell Breaks Loose

* Report: Obama to Talk to Iran, Leave Israel in the Cold

* British government to legalize same-sex marriage

* Democrats threaten violence on Michigan House floor

* 526,421 family farms threatened by new death tax

* White House’s business adviser says China’s ‘state-run communism’ works

* 'Jedi' religion most popular alternative faith

* Clackamas Town Center shooting: At least 2 shot dead, more injured by man with rifle

* Teens Ask for Smoke, Kill Woman When She Replies "Get a Job" 

* French teacher suspended for asking pupils to write suicide notes

* California's Population Is Moving Out, Census Report Shows

* New marijuana laws cause confusion

* Former president Jimmy Carter OK with legalizing marijuana

* Our Government-Created Financial Crisis