North country

• ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A trail association is suing the state Office of Parks and Recreation after the agency allowed a snowmobile club to take over a footpath thats part of the North Country National Scenic Trail.
(Syracuse Post-Standard)
• POTSDAM — As an aging national population calls Medicare's future into question, government agencies, in partnership with doctors and other health care providers, are innovating to make the federal health insurance program more efficient.
(WatertownDailyTimes.com)
• LEE Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - North Koreas new leader addressed his nation and the world for the first time Sunday, vowing to place top priority on his impoverished countrys military, which promptly unveiled a new long-range missile.
(msnbc.com)
• We may see him speak in public more often.
(New York Times)
• ALBANY — A mile-long trail in the Town of Lincoln is the subject of a dispute that's prompted a lawsuit between two recreational organizations and the state.
(Oneida Dispatch)
• Malis putschists and politicians called Sunday for talks with rebels holding the north of the country, as Islamists holding key towns there signaled they were ready to open a dialogue.
(YAHOO!)
• President Barack Obama said North Koreas failed rocket launch shows the country is wasting money on rockets that dont work while its people starve.
(msnbc.com)
• Kim Jong Uns speech took North Koreans gathered at Kim Il Sung Square and around televisions across the country by surprise. His father, late leader Kim Jong Il, addressed the public only once in his lifetime.
(New York Post)
• Jeff McCusker, Trail Manager for the North Country Trail, will soon be spending several days in the Eastern Upper Peninsula. McCusker is the first National Park Service employee to be based in Lowell at the North Country Trail Association office.
(Sault Ste. Marie Evening News)