Women delivering newspapers in Torrance shot in manhunt for ex-cop  —  Two women who were shot by Los Angeles police in Torrance early Thursday during a massive manhunt for an ex-LAPD officer were delivering newspapers, sources said.  —  The women, shot in the 19500 block of Redbeam Avenue …

Panetta: Obama Absent Night of Benghazi  —  Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testified this morning on Capitol Hill that President Barack Obama was absent the night four Americans were murdered in Benghazi on September 11, 2012:  —  Panetta said, though he did meet with Obama …

Some in GOP want sequester deal  —  GOP policy prescriptions to replace the massive spending cuts currently include: changing the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67, which GOP aides say would raise $110 billion, and changes to Medicare premiums, which would raise $35 billion.

Richard Burr jokes about waterboarding at Brennan hearing  —  For a serious topic that's been likened to torture — one used by the Chinese to extract confessions in the Korean War, as lawmakers said Thursday — members of Congress sure seem to like to joke about waterboarding.

SECRET HAGEL DONOR?:  WHITE HOUSE SPOX DUCKS QUESTION ON ‘FRIENDS OF HAMAS’  —  On Thursday, Senate sources told Breitbart News exclusively that they have been informed that one of the reasons that President Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, has not turned …

Read Murder Suspect Chris Dorner's Online Manifesto About Slayings  —  I know most of you who personally know me are in disbelief to hear from media reports that I am suspected of committing such horrendous murders and have taken drastic and shocking actions in the last couple of days.

Dem.  Senator To CIA Head Nominee: Should Obama Let Americans ‘Surrender Before Killing Them?’  —  In recent days, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) has expressed his suspicion about the Obama administration's policy of legally justifying drone strikes on Americans who are deemed to have joined Al Qaeda.

Search for Christopher Dorner, suspect in 3 killings, leads to Big Bear  —  Authorities have confirmed a truck found burning in the San Bernardino Mountains belongs to Christopher Dorner.  —  A local law enforcement source said the truck, found near Big Bear Lake, is the one police across California have been searching for.

Cardinal Dolan: Obamacare Still Forces Americans to Provide ‘Illicit Coverage,’ Even for Their Children  —  Last week, the Obama administration rolled out what it calls an “accommodation” for religious institutions subjected to the Obamacare mandate that forces American employers to provide …

Congressman Steve King: Help fight Karl Rove's crusade against me  —  Republican Congressman Steve King is going on the offensive, asking supporters for money to help him ward off GOP forces he thinks are trying to quash him - including Republican power player Karl Rove.

Winter Storm Nemo: Potential Historic Blizzard Looms  —  Potentially Historic Storm: Snow Impact  —  Winter Storm Nemo is now poised to become the latest example of a powerful, potentially historic, February storm.  —  We lay out the forecast of heavy snow on this page …

Profound Weight of Layoffs Is Seen in Work Trends Survey  —  Layoffs have touched nearly every American household in some fashion over the last few years, according to new survey data to be released Thursday by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University.

GOP, Dems call for repeal of $30 billion medical device tax  —  A bipartisan group of 180 House members — consisting of about 40 percent of the House — has reintroduced a bill to end the 2.3 percent tax on medical devices that was imposed under President Obama's healthcare law.

Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise  —  “There's no fresh start in today's world.  Any twelve-year-old with a cell phone could find out what you did.  Everything we do is collated and quantified.  Everything sticks.”  —  Don't act surprised that I'm quoting Batman.

Occupy D.C., Thy Damage Is Nearly Undone  —  Good news for admirers of a formerly emerald patch of downtown D.C. that is gradually getting back to its verdant self.  A year and two days after U.S. Park Police pushed the Occupy D.C. protest encampment out of McPherson Square …

Brennan ‘Unaware’ Of Any Evidence That Torture Led To Bin Laden  —  There is no evidence that torture was an effective source of gathering intelligence against al-Qaeda, according to John Brennan, President Obama's nominee for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.