From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh.President Obama is taking his gun control message to Minnesota,a state with an active hunting culture that has also garnered attention for its anti gun-violence-measures.With members of the Minneapolis police department standing behind him, the president told the crowd moments agothat something has to be done to try to prevent mass shootings like that in Newtown in December."We may not be able to prevent every massacre or random shooting.No law, or set of laws can keep our children completely safe.But if there is even one thing we can do,if there is just one life we can save,we've got the obligation to try."This is the first time the president is promoting his gun control agenda outside Washingtonwhere he faces stiff opposition by many congressional Republicans.Civil rights icon Rosa Parks is being remembered at an exhibit at the museum bearing her name in downtown Montgomery, Alabamaon what would have been her 100th birthday.Officials say today's ceremony are unveiling a US postage stamp in her honor.Details from Troy public radio Carl Gasset.Standing on a street not far from the corner of Montgomery,where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on Dec. 1st, 1955,school teacher Kathy Magellan reflected on Park's life story,saying that it's one everyone should know."I think if I had to use a word I say courageous.Woman that stood for equality not only for herself, but for others as well."
