Gun debate in Senate likely to feature amendments to weaken or strengthen laws  —  As the Senate prepares to begin debate next week on the biggest gun-control bill in nearly two decades, the gun rights lobby and its Senate allies are working on a series of amendments that could have the opposite effect …

Chilling images from inside the mass indoctrination ceremonies where communist ‘cult’ leaders brainwash North Korea's children  — Youngsters aged seven to 13 inducted into Korean Children's Union, a group likened to the Hitler Youth  — Organisation pledges allegiance …

There is no Gosnell coverup  —  The horrors and underlying disparities exploited by Kermit Gosnell are not new — nor have they been ignored.  —  This week, the right wing has been working the refs, demanding to know why the press has been allegedly silent on the trial of Kermit Gosnell …

NBC/WSJ poll: 53 percent support gay marriage  —  Two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two highly publicized gay-marriage cases, a majority of Americans continue to say they support same-sex marriage, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

Memo warns of rampant cheating in D.C. public schools  —  District of Columbia Public Schools officials have long maintained that a 2011 test-cheating scandal that generated two government probes was limited to one elementary school.  But a newly uncovered confidential memo warns as far …

Albany Teacher Gives Pro-Nazi Writing Assignment  —  ALBANY — High school is full of hypotheticals, like “How does one solve for x?” and “What happens if I skip class?”  But this week, students at Albany High School were given an alarming thought puzzle: How do I convince my teacher that I think Jews are evil?

Bold on Both Ends  —  It's time to entertain the possibility that President Obama is a right-wing extremist.  After all, look at where he's taking the country over his second term.  —  We're living in a country where 53 percent of children born to women under 30 are born out of wedlock, according to government data.

Exclusive: Former Sen. John E. Sununu won't run for office in 2014  —  MANCHESTER — Former U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu has made a long-awaited decision about his political future.  —  He will not run for the Senate, or for any political office, next year.  —  “I'm not running for anything …

Sen. Stacey Campfield withdraws welfare bill after run-in with girl, protesters  —  After a confrontation with an 8-year-old girl and other activists, along with mounting opposition from fellow Republicans, state Sen. Stacey Campfield dropped his effort to tie welfare benefits to grades …

Carson withdraws from another speaking gig  —  (CNN) - Dr. Ben Carson, the conservative neurosurgeon who has rocketed into the political spotlight this year, withdrew from another speaking engagement Friday after stepping down as this year's commencement speaker at Johns Hopkins medical school.

The Real Reason No One's Buying PCs Anymore: They've Gotten Too Good  —  Dude, you're not getting a Dell.  —  PC sales suffered their steepest decline in history last quarter, plummeting 14 percent worldwide, according to a report from market research firm IDC.

Rep. Cohen: Lauper ‘hot’ tweet ‘a ruse’  —  Rep. Steve Cohen's (D-Tenn.) said Friday his racy tweet to songstress Cyndi Lauper was a “ruse” meant to publicize his state's music and fool the political media.  —  “It was all a ruse,” he told The Daily Beast.

Feds scoop up medical marijuana patient records in Oregon investigation  —  A record of wrongdoing?  (Getty Images)  —  Despite Oregon's best efforts to keep medical marijuana patient records private, a federal search warrant forced the state agency to hand over some records, according to recently discovered court records.