1. Oil prices are down for a second day, more than four dollars lower on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil is trading at less than 135 dollars a barrel. Yesterday prices fell nearly six and a half dollars in the biggest one-day drop in dollar terms since the Gulf War.

2. Pentagon leaders are looking for ways to send additional U. S. troops to Afghanistan this year. Defense officials say insurgents are waging more sophisticated and coordinated assaults. On Sunday nine soldiers died after an attack on a remote  U.S. base near the Pakistan border.

3. Now arriving in Chattanooga, German auto giant Volkswagen. The car maker says it will spend one billion dollars to build a new plant, bringing about 2,000 jobs. VW says a new mid-size sedan will roll off the assembly lines here as part of a plan to triple  U.S. sales by 2018.

4. And Marley does more than just doggy paddle, this golden retriever loves to dive and swim right to the bottom of this seven-foot pool. Marley's owner says her dog's love of water may have started after she was rescued from a fire as a puppy.