The Sandy Hook Murders: What To Do?  —  In the wake of yesterday's mass murder at Sandy Hook elementary school, calls for government to “do something” are everywhere.  President Obama says we must take “meaningful action” on gun violence.  OK, but what action is that?  He didn't say.

Killer's Mother, His First Victim, Was a Gun Enthusiast, Friends Say  —  NEWTOWN, Conn. — She was “a big, big gun fan” who went target shooting with her children, according to friends.  She enjoyed craft beers, jazz and landscaping.  She was generous to strangers, but also high-strung, as if she were holding herself together.

Huckabee: Lack of religion in classroom leads to violence in schools  —  (CNN) - Responding to the deadly mass shooting Friday in Newtown, Connecticut, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said new laws regulating guns won't deter such shootings, linking a lack of religious discussion in the classroom to increased violence in schools.

‘Why?  Why?’:  26 dead in elementary school massacre  —  Watch CNN's LIVE TV coverage of the Connecticut elementary school shooting as the story continues to unfold.  —  Newtown, Connecticut (CNN) — The bodies of children and educators lay where they fell in a Newtown, Connecticut …

Chuck Hagel's record on Israel draws scrutiny  —  President Barack Obama's administration has backed down from one major Senate confirmation fight — and may be running headlong into another one.  —  Some in the Jewish community and other Israel backers are reacting with alarm to reports …

Source: Obama has chosen John Kerry as Secretary of State  —  President Barack Obama has chosen Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts to be the next secretary of state, a source has told Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed.  —  His replacement as head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee …