President Obama acknowledged "an accelerated time frame" for decisions involving a US response to events in both Syria and Egypt this week. Texas is losing the battle with a rapidly growing feral pig population in the state, with damage now being reported as far north as suburban Dallas/Fort Worth. House Republicans have scheduled a hearing on climate change in order to grill over a dozen executive agency heads on implementing President Obama's announced June agenda. New planning documents show the Pentagon may fire more than 6,000 civilian contractors if additional sequestration cuts take effect in 2014. After hundreds of users reported GPS and touchscreen issues with the 2013 version of Google's Nexus 7 tablet, a new update this week is expected to fix the issue.