1. On this, deficit committee members agree: "Time is running out."
Republican and Democratic members of the special congressional committee tasked with cutting $1.2 trillion from the national budget deficit over the next 10 years haven't agreed on much since they began their work in September. But there is one thing on which they do agree now. "Time is running out," Democratic Rep. Chris van Hollen and Republican Sen. Pat Toomey each said in separate Friday morning appearances on CNN.
2. Oklahome State women's basketball coaches among four killed in plane crash.
Oklahoma State University women's basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant women's basketball coach Miranda Serna died in a plane crash in Arkansas, the university confirmed Friday. Two others -- including the pilot --also died in Thursday night's crash in Perry County, Arkansas, the university said in a statement. There were no survivors, the school said. The plane, a Piper Cherokee PA-28, according to FAA records, crashed under "unknown circumstances" in a wooded area about four miles south of Perryville, Arkansas, about 4:30 p.m. CT on Thursday, agency spokesman Lynn Lunsford said Friday.
3. Woods loses again but Americans maintain Presidents Cup lead.
Tiger Woods suffered a second straight defeat at the Presidents Cup on Friday, but the U.S. still held a two-point lead over the International team at the end of day two in Australia.Woods suffered his worst match play result in the foursomes on Thursday, but with a new partner -- Dustin Johnson -- the fourballs clash with Australian duo Jason Day and Aaron Baddeley went the full 18 holes. However, the American duo could not recover a one-shot deficit at the last as U.S.-born Baddeley's 13th-hole birdie proved the difference between the pairs in windy conditions at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club.