Harvard University administrators secretly searched deans' email accounts, hunting for media leak  —  Harvard University central administrators secretly searched the email accounts of 16 resident deans last fall, looking for a leak to the media about the school's sprawling cheating case …

Ryan: New House Republican budget includes ObamaCare repeal  —  Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, said Sunday that his new budget includes the repeal of President Obama's health-care reform law known as ObamaCare.  —  Ryan told “Fox News Sunday” …

UN Reports the Truth: Hamas Killed BBC Reporter's Baby in Gaza  —  The UN has issued a report that plainly explains Israel's Pillar of Defense operation and exposes Hamas lies to the BBC.  —  The United Nations has issued a report with unusual courage and accuracy that plainly tells the tale …

How Ashley Judd Can Win  —  The staffers who ran campaigns for Eastwood and Bono, Schwarzenegger and Franken, say the actress can win if she gets in early, stays local, and works like hell.  Celebrity status can be like “a huge tire around the neck,” says Padberg.  —  Image by AP

President Obama's numbers plummet in New York  —  President Barack Obama's approval rating in New York fell precipitously in the last month, according to a poll released Monday, and three-fifths of the state's registered voters now believe the country is heading in the wrong direction.

Mandatory Cuts Could Open Path to Deeper Defense Trims  —  WASHINGTON — At a time when $46 billion in mandatory budget cuts are causing anxiety at the Pentagon, administration officials see one potential benefit: there may be an opening to argue for deep reductions in programs long …

Disruptions: Digital Era Redefining Etiquette  —  Some people are so rude.  Really, who sends an e-mail or text message that just says “Thank you”?  Who leaves a voice mail message when you don't answer, rather than texting you?  Who asks for a fact easily found on Google?

Top Republican Strategist: GOP 'Doesn't Give Equal Opportunity To Women'  —  During a segment on women's evolving roles in the workplace on Meet the Press Sunday morning, GOP political operative and former McCain campaign adviser Steve Schmidt made a compelling case for equal opportunity …

TIMELINE: How Jeb Bush Pulled A 360 On Immigration Reform  —  Jeb Bush completed a whirlwind one-week journey on immigration on Sunday, praising a Senate proposal to grant eventual citizenship for undocumented immigrants after attacking the idea in a newly released book he co-authored that was itself a reversal of his past position.

Monstrous  —  This is a kind of blood-curdling story I just learned about this afternoon.  Zerlina Maxwell is an acquaintance who I've watched from a distance as she builds a media career as a progressive pundit and activist — succeeding to an amazing degree while also getting a law degree.

Germany's anti-euro party is a nasty shock for Angela Merkel  —  Political revolt against the euro construct has spread to Germany.  —  Alternative for Germany has greater potential to unsettle Mrs Merkel than previous Eurosceptic groups  —  A new party led by economists, jurists …

Christian protesters decry Muslim mob's arson spree following blasphemy charge  —  Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Outraged Pakistani Christians took to the streets of Lahore on Sunday, protesting a rash of violence against their community over the weekend.  —  Demonstrators denounced the burning …