[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]THIS IS A-P NEWS MINUTE.PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS BESTOWING THE PRESIDENTIAL CITIZENS MEDAL ON THE SIX ADULTS KILLED IN THE NEWTOWN, CONN., SCHOOL SHOOTING IN DECEMBER. OBAMA PRESENTED THE MEDAL TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS IN A WHITE HOUSE CEREMONY. =A TEAM OF FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS IS BEGINNING FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED AN ENGINE ROOM FIRE THAT DISABLED THE CARNIVAL CRUISE SHIP TRIUMPH. CARNIVAL IS OFFERING PASSENGERS A FULL REFUND ... AN ADDITIONAL $500 IN COMPENSATION AND DISCOUNTS ON FUTURE CRUISES. =PROSECUTORS SAY THEY'LL PURSUE A CHARGE OF PREMEDITATED MURDER AGAINST OLYMPIC RUNNER OSCAR PISTORIUS IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND. PISTORIUS SOBBED DURING HIS COURT HEARING.IF CONVICTED ... HE COULD FACE LIFE IN PRISON.=A 150-FOOT ASTEROID HURTLED THROUGH EARTH'S BACKYARD.IT MADE THE CLOSEST KNOWN FLYBY FOR A ROCK OF ITS SIZE ... MISSING EARTH BY 17,150 MILES.___ ___, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WITH AP NEWS MINUTE. (****END****) VOICE: NICOLE GRETHER---------------------------------------PRODUCER: NICOLE GRETHER---------------------------------------