This is AP News Minute.Police believe an altercation at a hotel prompted a deadly attack in Las Vegas.Police say a gunman shot and killed the driver of a car, which then crashed into a taxi.The taxi burst into flames, killing the driver and passenger.A winter storm is blanketing the Great Plains with snow.Winter storm warnings stretch from Eastern Colorado through Illinois.Snow's been falling at a rate of up to two inches an hour in some spots.Oscar Pistorius’s murder case is getting a new top detective.He replaces a veteran police officer who himself has now been charged with attempted murder.Pistorius is charged in the shooting death of his girlfriend.And this elderly sea otter has a remarkable talent for basketball.Keepers at the Oregon Zoo had to come up with a way to help Eddie the Sea Otter cope with arthritis.The sport help him exercise his joints.Rita Foley, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.
