Crowley resigns as State Department spokesman  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - P.J. Crowley abruptly resigned Sunday as State Department spokesman over controversial comments he made about the Bradley Manning case.  —  Sources close to the matter said the resignation, first reported by CNN …

Madison Rally Bigger Than Biggest Tea Party Rally  —  Police estimated up to 100,000 people turned out in Madison, WI yesterday to protest Gov. Scott Walker's (R) assault on unions, making it bigger than any protests the city has witnessed, even those during the Vietnam War.

Japanese volcano erupts  —  A volcano in southwestern Japan erupted Sunday after nearly two weeks of relative silence, sending ash and rocks up to four kilometres (two and a half miles) into the air, a local official says.  —  It was not immediately clear if the eruption was a direct result …

IAEA update on Japan Earthquake  —  Japanese authorities have informed the IAEA's Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) that venting of the containment of reactor Unit 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant started at 9:20 AM local Japan time of 13 March through a controlled release of vapour.

Sen. Durbin predicts GOP stop-gap to pass, averting shutdown  —  Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, predicted a House GOP proposal to cut spending by $6 billion over three weeks would pass the upper chamber.  —  “I think it will pass …

OBAMA, DANIELS SCORE LAUGHS AT GRIDIRON DINNER  —  Obama, seen here in a 2010 photo, delivered remarks at the Gridiron Dinner on Saturday.  It was his first time attending the dinner as president.  Photo by Reuters  —  President Obama used his first appearance at the annual Gridiron Club Dinner …

We must seek agreement on gun reforms  —  It's been more than two months since the tragedy in Tucson stunned the nation.  It was a moment when we came together as one people to mourn and to pray for those we lost.  And in the attack's turbulent wake, Americans by and large rightly refrained …

Cockroach Ideas  —  Way back, when I spent a year in the government, an old hand told me that fighting bad ideas is like flushing cockroaches down the toilet; they just come right back.  I'm having that feeling a lot lately, on at least two fronts.  —  One is the crowding out issue.

Kristol Wants ‘More Than A No-Fly Zone’ In Libya, Says U.S. Should Attack Qaddafi's War Ships And Tanks  —  While the U.S. and NATO allies work with the international community to get consensus on and authorization for a no-fly zone in Libya to prevent Muammar Qaddafi's forces from killing …

Why I am not worried about Japan's nuclear reactors.  —  Thanks for your interest.  175 000 hits and counting, number 2 on Twitter as of 6.30pm EST.  —  This article refers mainly to the events of the Daiichi-1 reactor.  The developments at Daiichi-3 seem to take a parallel course today.

Japan tsunami survivor Hiromitsu Shinkawa found 10 miles out at sea  —  Rescuers spot 60-year-old from Fukushima prefecture clinging to the roof of his home two days after the tsunami struck  —  • Live coverage of Japan earthquake and tsunami  —  A 60-year-old man has been found …

Call an Ambulance for Political Correctness  —  “Life imitates art” is the order of the decade, and unfortunately the “art” life is imitating is Idiocracy.  —  Howie Carr's column in the Boston Herald today sets the stage: … My curiosity piqued, I found the new EMT directive on the Massachusetts state website.