SOTU: He may pop a surprise, but President Obama has already revealed most of what he will call for in tonight’s State of the Union address. He’s been touring the country giving away the plot to his speech.

The president wants higher taxes on the wealthy, tax cuts for the middle class, two years of free community college for students, housing improvements, tighter cyber security, and paid family leave for federal employees. He wants to capitalize on the improving economy and job market to finally move ahead with his agenda.

High on Obama’s list is the plan to squeeze $320 billion out of wealthy taxpayers over the next 10 years. It’s already fallen dead at the feet of the Republican majority congress. House Speaker John Boehner has denounced it as a plan that pits “one set of Americans against the other.”

Nation: Six people are missing after an overnight fire yesterday that gutted a 16,000 square foot mansion in Annapolis, Md. The house belonged to Don Pyle, chief executive of the technology company ScienceLogic. Investigators believe Pyle was at home with his wife and four grandchildren at the time. The fire is considered suspicious. The ruins are still too hot and unstable to search for bodies.

>Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who in a presidential debate forgot which department of government he would eliminate, departs today after 14 years in office. A hard core small-government Republican, Perry has left a mark on Texas, a lot of it in attracting business and growing the state’s economy. Since 2001 a third of the private sector jobs created in the US have been in Texas. His formula: “Keep taxes low, implement smart regulations, provide an educated workforce and stop lawsuit abuse at the courthouse.”

AirAsia: Indonesia’s transport minister told a parliamentary meeting that AirAsia 8501 tried to climb too fast before stalling and crashing. Investigators have been examining the flight recorders. Ignasius Jonan told members of parliament that the plane attempted to climb at a rate that would be difficult even for a fighter jet. The pilots may have been trying to avoid bad weather.

World: Members of the Islamic State threatening to kill two Japanese hostages are demanding a $200 million ransom. Islamic State terrorists have already executed five westerners.

Rabbit Run: Speaking with reporters, the unusually candid Pope Francis said basically that Catholics don’t have to breed like rabbits. Faithful Catholics who don’t practice birth control tend to have large families. Answering a reporter’s question Francis said quality in parenting is more important than quantity. “Some people think that … excuse my expression here … that in order to be good Catholics we have to be like rabbits.”

Hole in One: Pro golfer Tiger Woods lost a tooth yesterday in the press scrum as he waited for his girlfriend Lindsey Vonn to finish her record-setting World Cup ski race in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Among a crowd of press, a photographer with a shoulder-mounted camera turned and hit Woods, taking out a left front tooth.

Tech Crunched: Google has pulled its eyeglass computer “Google Glass” off the market, promising a new and improved version sometime in the undetermined future. But Google Glass failed to take off and a lot of people found it unnerving to deal with a person wearing the device who might be secretly recording the conversation or reading their email at the same time. Wearers of the Google Glass became known as “Glassholes.”