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9:40 AM ET, January 14, 2013

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Maryland Gov. O'Malley to push for tougher gun-control rules — Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley will seek to institute some of the nation's strictest gun-licensing requirements, ban assault weapons and restrict visitor access to schools in one of the most expansive government responses sought …

Discussion: The Week and Washington Examiner

Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:

Lies on Gun Background Checks Are a Focus Both Sides Agree On — WASHINGTON — Nearly 80,000 Americans were denied guns in 2010, according to Justice Department data, because they lied or provided inaccurate information about their criminal histories on background-check forms.

Discussion: Right Wing News and Center for American Progress

David Jackson / USA Today:

Biden to present gun package this week … Vice President Biden, poised to propose new gun violence legislation this week, meets Monday morning with Democratic lawmakers who will consider the administration's plans. — Biden sits down with members of the House Democratic task force on gun violence …

Discussion: Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes', The Hill, msnbc.com, Washington Post, First Read, CBS New York and New York Times

Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Bloomberg wants to change the GOP

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Democratic Strategist

George Stephanopoulos / ABCNEWS:
Sen. Joe Manchin: Need an ‘All-In Approach’ to Curb Gun Violence

Discussion: AMERICAblog, The Raw Story and ABCNEWS

Politico:

Double trouble: House GOP eyes default, shutdown — House Republicans are seriously entertaining dramatic steps, including default or shutting down the government, to force President Barack Obama to finally cut spending by the end of March. — The idea of allowing the country to default …

Discussion: Salon, Talking Points Memo, Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes', Washington Examiner, msnbc.com, The New Republic, CANNONFIRE and Business Insider

Wall Street Journal:
Ugly Choices Loom Over Debt Clash

Discussion: Washington Wire and Via Meadia

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

MIT president orders review of Aaron Swartz episode — The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced Sunday that he has ordered a top-to-bottom review of the university's actions in a computer hacking case that led to the federal prosecution of renowed programmer …

Discussion: emptywheel, Opinionator and Associated Press

Wall Street Journal:

Legal Case Strained Troubled Web Activist — Just days before he hanged himself, Internet activist Aaron Swartz's hopes for a deal with federal prosecutors fell apart. — Two years ago, the advocate for free information online, who was known to have suffered from depression …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Volokh Conspiracy, Associated Press, New York Times, The Verge, MIT and Lawyers, Guns & Money, more at Mediagazer »

Lydia Saad / Gallup:

Americans' Dissatisfaction With Gun Laws Spikes to 38% — Close to four in 10 say gun laws should be stricter, up from 25% in 2012 — PRINCETON, NJ — In the aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., school shootings, and as Vice President Joe Biden leads a federal task force that will recommend ways …

Discussion: First Read, Business Insider, Hot Air, CNN and Politico

Newsday:

Journal News gun permit map used by burglars to target White Plains home? — A White Plains residence pinpointed on a controversial handgun permit database was burglarized Saturday, and the burglars' target was the homeowner's gun safe. — At least two burglars broke into a home on Davis Avenue …

Discussion: nysenate.gov, Weasel Zippers, The Verge, BuzzFeed, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and UrbanGrounds

Patrick Gavin / Reuters:

‘Game Change’ scores at the Golden Globes — HBO's “Game Change,” based on the 2008 campaign book by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, took home three Golden Globes at Sunday's ceremony, including in the category of best television miniseries or television movie.

Discussion: CNN, Deadline.com and Business Insider

CNN:
Surprise! Bill Clinton appears at the Golden Globes

Discussion: Politico

Adam Nagourney / New York Times:

In California, It's U.S. vs. State Over Marijuana — STOCKTON, Calif. — Matthew R. Davies graduated from college with a master's degree in business and a taste for enterprise, working in real estate, restaurants and mobile home parks before seizing on what he saw as uncharted territory …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online

Washington Post:

Turning Congress's partisans into problem solvers — Joe Manchin, a Democrat, is a U.S. senator from West Virginia and one of the two dozen problem solvers. Jon Huntsman, a former governor of Utah, was a Republican candidate for president last year. They are the national leaders of No Labels.

Discussion: msnbc.com and TheBlaze.com

David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:

Scarborough Apologizes To Mika Brzezinski For Rant On ‘Morning Joe’ (VIDEO) — Joe Scarborough on Monday apologized to his “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski for accusing her of hypocrisy over the lack of women in President's Obama's inner circle last week.

Discussion: The Raw Story