Pastor Rick Warren's son, Matthew, commits suicide, church says  —  Pastor Rick Warren's son, 27, has committed suicide after struggling with mental illness for some time.  Pastor Warren delivered the invocation at President Obama's 2008 inauguration.  MSNBC's Craig Melvin reports.

12 GOP senators back Rand Paul on gun-control filibuster  —  Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's threat to filibuster any new gun restrictions is gathering steam, as a dozen of his Republican colleagues have now signed onto his plan.  —  The Kentucky Republican and Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee …

Rise of the Predators: Origins of C.I.A.'s Not-So-Secret Drone War in Pakistan  —  Nek Muhammad knew he was being followed.  —  On a hot day in June 2004, the Pashtun tribesman was lounging inside a mud compound in South Waziristan, speaking by satellite phone to one of the many reporters …

6 Americans, doctor killed in Afghan attacks  —  KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - Six American troops and civilians and an Afghan doctor were killed in attacks on Saturday in southern and eastern Afghanistan as the U.S. military's top officer began a weekend visit to the country, officials said.

Obama Got It All Wrong With California Attorney General; Florida Attorney General Is Way Hotter  —  President Barack Obama called California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Thursday night to apologize for calling her “by far the best-looking attorney general in the country” …

The Golf Shot Heard Round the Academic World  —  The tale of a teed-off philanthropist and the head of Bowdoin College, where identity politics runs wild.  —  It sounds like the setup for a bad joke: What did the Wall Street type say to the college president on the golf course?

House Republicans prepare contingency plan for debt hike  —  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) told Republicans on Friday that the House would soon pass legislation that prioritizes federal payments in the event the U.S. hits the debt ceiling later this year.

Ros-Lehtinen and Diaz-Balart Ask OFAC About Beyonce and Jay-Z Trip to Cuba  —  (WASHINGTON) - U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and her South Florida Congressional colleague Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart sent a letter to Adam Szubin, Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the Treasury Department …

Third major oil spill in a week: Shell pipeline breaks in Texas  —  Thousands of gallons of oil have spilled from a pipeline in Texas, the third accident of its kind in only a week.  —  Shell Pipeline, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, shut down their West Columbia, Texas …

Gun shop that sold to mother of Newtown shooter loses license  —  (Reuters) - The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms said on Friday it had revoked the federal license of a Connecticut gun retailer that sold a weapon to the mother of Adam Lanza, who killed 26 people at an elementary school in December.

Madiba discharged  —  Former President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital today, 6 April, following a sustained and gradual improvement in his general condition.  —  The former President will now receive home based high care.  —  President Zuma thanks the hard working medical team …