Can We Get Hillary Without the Foolery?  —  PLEASE don't ask me this anymore.  —  It's such a silly question.  Of course Hillary is running.  I've never met a man who was told he could be president who didn't want to be president.  So naturally, a woman who's told she can be the first commandress in chief wants to be.

Malloy: NRA's LaPierre acts like a circus clown  —  (CNN) - Responding to criticism from the National Rifle Association over Connecticut's new gun laws, Gov. Dan Malloy argued the pro-gun group's executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, is simply blowing smoke.

Sen. McCain: I 'don't understand' GOP threats to filibuster Senate gun bill  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday expressed opposition to possible GOP efforts to filibuster a Senate gun-control measure, saying he did not “understand” the move to block debate.  —  “I don't understand it,” said McCain on CBS's “Face the Nation.”

Guest commentary: Michigan can be testing ground for a refocused GOP  —  After losing the popular vote in five out of the last six presidential elections, the Republican Party has engaged in some needed soul searching.  GOP leaders know big changes are required.

The Only Age Group With Higher Unemployment Than a Year Ago Is ... 20somethings  —  There's a small silver lining in here.  We promise.  —  Each generation of Americans has suffered in its own way during these post-recession years, but only one age group has managed to go the past year without reducing its unemployment rate.

Is this foul-mouthed, self-obsessed Twitter teen really the future of British policing?  Youth crime tsar's sex and drug rants  —  Britain's first youth police commissioner was facing urgent calls to quit last night after she tweeted a torrent of foul-mouthed rants boasting about her sex life, drug taking and drinking binges.

Democrats push problem solvers in House contests  —  Democratic Party officials believe that Kevin Strouse is exactly the kind of candidate who can help them retake the House next year.  —  He's a smart, young former Army Ranger — good qualities for any aspiring politician.

Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the Crime  —  On one covert video, farm workers illegally burn the ankles of Tennessee walking horses with chemicals.  Another captures workers in Wyoming punching and kicking pigs and flinging piglets into the air.  And at one of the country's largest egg suppliers …

Rick Warren mourning for son  —  Popular evangelical Pastor Rick Warren asked members of his Southern California church for prayers as he and his family coped with the apparent suicide of his 27-year-old son.  —  The church said on Saturday that Matthew Warren took his own life at his Mission Viejo home.

Revealed: New York City councilman in corruption plot is a tribal PRINCE in bizarre PAGAN sect where members dress in medieval garb, make sacrifice and have spear-throwing contests  —  New York City Councilman Dan Halloran may be a suspect in a bribery plot to fix the upcoming mayoral election …

Weiner eye on mayor bid: sources  —  Former Rep. Anthony Weiner is laying the groundwork for a political comeback, possibly as a startling addition to this year's mayoral race, sources said yesterday.  —  Political insiders were abuzz at news that Weiner and his wife, Huma Abedin …