Now witness claims TRAYVON attacked Zimmerman: Anonymous onlooker told police neighbourhood watch captain was provoked... as friends insist teen was not violent and protests mount  —  Trayvon Martin may have attacked a Neighborhood Watch captain before the man shot dead the unarmed teen …

Why Do New York Times Columnists Keep Swooning for Paul Ryan?  —  After David Brooks last year, now it's James Stewart who has fallen for Paul Ryan's rugged good looks.  He attempts to defend Ryan's tax proposals against charges that they favor the rich:

Risk-Averse Romney  —  The candidate attempts to reassure conservatives.  —  Mitt Romney wants to eliminate government programs and shutter cabinet agencies.  Doing so, he says, is “the critical thing” that needs to be done in order to bring government books back into balance and to begin restoring the promise of America.

Maher's Attacks on Women  —  To the Editor:  —  Re “Please Stop Apologizing,” by Bill Maher (Op-Ed, March 22):  —  We're both women who have worked in Democratic politics and the media for decades and find Bill Maher's misogynist treatment of women candidates deeply disturbing.

Geraldo Rivera: My own son ashamed of me  —  Geraldo Rivera's son Gabriel is “ashamed” of his controversial comments about Trayvon Martin and his hoodie from earlier in the day, the Fox News host admitted to POLITICO.  —  “Gabriel broke my heart.  He's my oldest, 32, and he just told …

Clinton and Obama: Presidential parallels  —  David Maraniss, an associate editor of The Post, is the author of “First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton” and the forthcoming “Barack Obama: The Story.”  This is the second column in an occasional series on the 2012 presidential candidates' political lives.

'French teacher asked minute's silence for Merah'  —  French education minister calls for English teacher's suspension after she called Toulouse killer a “victim.”  —  By REUTERS/France 2 Television  —  France's education minister called for disciplinary proceedings against a teacher …