FIRST LOOK: Alaska mom’s talk-show confession angers Russia

The Lookout

Welcome to First Look, our daily round-up of early bird news:

• Border Patrol agents nabbed two men trying to enter California underwater using "dive scooters." (AP)

• The Obama administration wants to reduce the number of mortgages the government subsidizes. (Washington Post)

• New Orleans' population shrank 30 percent over the last decade. (NYT)

• A mom's talk-show confession that she forced her adopted Russian son into taking cold showers has Russia incensed. (AP)

• Minorities are responsible for 85 percent of America's population growth. (Washington Post)

• Hundreds protested as New York City closed 12 public schools. (New York Daily News)

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