Argument recap: DOMA is in trouble (FINAL UPDATE)  —  Analysis  —  If the Supreme Court can find its way through a dense procedural thicket, and confront the constitutionality of the federal law that defined marriage as limited to a man and a woman, that law may be gone, after a seventeen-year existence.

Ashley Judd is not running for Senate  —  Update: Ashley Judd has announced via Twitter that she will not run for Senate.  “After serious and thorough contemplation, I realize that my responsibilities & energy at this time need to be focused on my family,” she wrote.

How Iran Could Get the Bomb Overnight  —  Building a nuclear weapon takes time.  Buying one does not.  —  The West has tried to stop Iran from manufacturing nuclear weapons by diplomacy, sanctions and cybersabotage, and with the threat of military action if Tehran crosses red lines in moving toward the final stages of making a bomb.

Idaho teacher investigated for saying ‘vagina’ during biology lesson  —  A high school science teacher in Idaho is under investigation by the state's professional standards commission because he reportedly used the word “vagina” during a biology lesson.  —  Tim McDaniel, who teaches 10th grade science …

Alabama lawmaker sends shocking RACIST rant to gun-rights constituent, and copies every member of the state legislature  —  A black member of the Alabama legislature uncorked a racist tirade in an email this week to a constituent who urged him not to embrace new gun control laws …

Cate Edwards ‘devastated’ by father's affair  —  Cate Edwards, the daughter of John Edwards, was “devastated” to learn about the affair that shattered her father's political career, she said in an interview that is slated to air this week.  —  “Yes, he told me” about the affair …

Customers Flee Wal-Mart Empty Shelves for Target, Costco  —  Margaret Hancock has long considered the local Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) superstore her one- stop shopping destination.  No longer.  —  During recent visits, the retired accountant from Newark, Delaware, says she failed to find …

Ex-Tucson mayoral hopeful McClusky plans free shotguns for high-crime areas  —  Tucson residents living in crime-ridden areas could soon receive free shotguns.  —  Operating on the premise an armed neighborhood is a safer neighborhood, a group led by former mayoral candidate Shaun McClusky …

James Holmes may plead guilty to avoid death penalty, court documents show  —  CENTENNIAL — Lawyers for accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes say he is willing to plead guilty in exchange for prosecutors not pursuing the death penalty against him.  —  The lawyers say Holmes will accept …

Mayor Menino won't seek sixth term  —  Mayor Thomas M. Menino will announce at a Faneuil Hall event Thursday afternoon that he will not seek a sixth term in office, according to officials familiar with his decision.  —  Menino arrived at his decision late last week and reconsidered …

DOJ Emails Show Feds Were Less Than “Explicit” With Judges On Cell Phone Tracking Tool  —  A Justice Department document obtained by the ACLU of Northern California shows that federal investigators were routinely using a sophisticated cell phone tracking tool known as a “stingray,” …

Are Evangelicals Now More Scorned than Homosexuals?  —  Direct from the school of, “Counter-Intuitive Thinking,” I bring you this question: When it comes to the issue of same-sex marriage, are Evangelical Christians actually the ones more ridiculed than homosexuals?

Sarah Palin PAC video: ‘Loaded’ for 2014  —  Former Republican Gov. Sarah Palin sent out the message that she is still firmly rooted in America's political debate in an ad released by her political action committee Wednesday, which focuses on the 2014 elections.