Tagg, you're it for GOP Senate hopes  —  Tagg Romney is considering a run in the special Senate election now that Scott Brown has opted out, the Truth Squad has learned.  —  Calls for Romney, 42, to join in the short campaign to replace Secretary of State John F. Kerry have increased since …

Car park skeleton is Richard III  —  The skeleton is ‘beyond reasonable doubt’ the remains of Richard III  —  A skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park has been confirmed as that of English king Richard III.  —  Experts from the University of Leicester said DNA from the bones matched that of descendants of the monarch's family.

Why Ron Paul's Twitter Is Getting A Little More Interesting  —  The former great libertarian hope has started running his own Twitter feed since he left office.  —  Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul has been attracting negative attention all day for a tweet he sent Monday morning regarding the death …

John Kasich becomes Obamacare's biggest red-state catch  —  One of the most conservative governors in the country just caved to President Barack Obama.  —  Gov. John Kasich of Ohio announced Monday that he's going to expand Medicaid drastically under Obama's health care law …

HookerGate: Miami Herald Confirms Elements of Menendez Prostitute Story  —  The shadowy (and probably pseudonymous) tipster “Peter Williams” gave specific details about the prostitutes who were allegedly provided to New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez in the Dominican Republic.

Texas 6th graders design flags for a new socialist nation  —  EAGnews.org  —  AUSTIN - You know America's changing when leftists have even infiltrated Texas schools.  —  According to the website txcscopereview.com, a lesson plan for 6th graders in government schools reads as follows:

Tech, telecom giants take sides as FCC proposes large public WiFi networks  —  Julie Jacobson/AP - A Lexus SL 600 Integrated Safety driverless research vehicle is seen on display at the Consumer Electronics Show on Jan. 9.  Super WiFi networks would allow for a driverless car to talk to another car a mile away.

Donald Trump to sue Bill Maher after bet feud  —  'I don't think he was joking.  He said it with venom,' Trump said of Maher.  Reuters  —  Close  —  Donald Trump said Monday that he's suing liberal comic Bill Maher for $5 million for charity because Maher did not follow through on a public bet he made on “The Tonight Show.”

Jindal: 2016 presidential aspirants need ‘head examined’  —  “Anybody on the Republican side even thinking or talking about running for president in 2016, I've said, needs to get their head examined,” Jindal told “Fox and Friends.”  “And the reason I say that is, we've lost two presidential elections …

Just Who Do They Represent: At Hagel Hearing, Concern for Israel Tops U.S. Troops in Combat  —  When Senator Mike Lee took his turn to cross-examine defense-secretary nominee Chuck Hagel during last Thursday's confirmation hearing, he expressed considerable concern for Israel's security.

Carney: Obama never ‘pretended’ he grew up as an avid hunter  —  The White House decided to release a photo of the president skeet shooting because of “persistent questions” after President Obama in an interview said he had engaged in skeet shooting at Camp David “all the time.”

Super Bowl City Leads on Energy Efficient Forefront  —  New Orleans' Mercedes-Benz Superdome features more than 26,000 LED lights on the building's exterior.  The system uses only 10 kilowatts of electricity, equivalent to powering a small home.  Photo courtesy of SMG.

Republican Congressman Calls John McCain Racist For Ahmadinejad Monkey Joke  —  A Twitter quip falls very flat.  —  Senator John McCain's joke comparing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the monkey that Iran claimed it sent into space earned him a scolding from a fellow Republican, Michigan Congressman Justin Amash.

Janet Napolitano: A woman to watch for 2016  —  So, what happens if Hillary Clinton doesn't run in 2016?  —  It is hard to imagine the presidential field without a woman contender, and here's one to keep your eye on: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

Thank God for American Crossroads and the Conservative Victory Project  —  American Crossroads is creating a new Super PAC to crush conservatives, destroy the tea party, and put a bunch of squishes in Republican leadership positions.  Thank God they are behind this.

Obama, Gore, stop whining about right-wing media  —  Editor's note: Howard Kurtz is the host of CNN's “Reliable Sources” and is Newsweek's Washington bureau chief.  He is also a contributor to the website Daily Download.  —  (CNN) — I never realized that the conservative media were so eye-poppingly powerful.

Insight: Electric cars head toward another dead end  —  (Reuters) - Are electric cars running out of juice again?  —  Recent moves by Japan's two largest automakers suggest that the electric car, after more than 100 years of development and several brief revivals, still is not ready for prime time - and may never be.

GOPer: Immigration reform ‘about buying off lawbreakers’  —  The bipartisan Senate proposal to reform the immigration system is “a shameless political ploy to buy new voters,” according to one House Republican.  —  Rep. Kerry Bentivolio (R-Mich.) sent out a fundraising email ripping the plan …

Obama must face the rise of the robots  —  Technology will leave a large chunk of the US labour force in the lurch  —  Early in his first term Barack Obama joked that he would “keep an eye on the robots in case they try anything”.  He should have known resistance is futile.

Friends of Fraud  —  Like many advocates of financial reform, I was a bit disappointed in the bill that finally emerged.  Dodd-Frank gave regulators the power to rein in many financial excesses; but it was and is less clear that future regulators will use that power.

Obama kicks off gun control campaign  —  MINNEAPOLIS - President Barack Obama kicked off his campaign-style push for gun control here Monday, arguing that the changes he started pushing for in the wake of the December mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary are beginning to gain traction.