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Manchin-Toomey bill inching closer to 60 votes in the Senate  —  A bipartisan bill on background checks is inching closer to the necessary 60 votes for passage, but it still has a long way to go.  —  The upcoming vote on a new proposal crafted by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) is expected to go down to the wire.

Gitmo Is Killing Me  —  ONE man here weighs just 77 pounds.  Another, 98.  Last thing I knew, I weighed 132, but that was a month ago.  —  I've been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 pounds.  I will not eat until they restore my dignity.

Is media bias to blame for lack of Gosnell coverage?  Or something far more banal?  —  The trial of Philadelphia doctor Kermit Gosnell would seem to have all the elements of a spectacular news story: shocking allegations, horrifying visuals, sympathetic victims.

Fewer Americans Now View Their Income Taxes as Fair  —  The 55% who say their taxes are fair is lowest since 2001  —  PRINCETON, NJ — This Tax Day, 55% of Americans regard the income taxes they have to pay as fair, the lowest percentage Gallup has measured since 2001.

Tight win for Chavez's heir spells uncertainty for Venezuela  —  (Reuters) - Late socialist leader Hugo Chavez's chosen successor Nicolas Maduro won Venezuela's presidential election by a whisker but now faces opposition protests plus a host of economic and political challenges in the OPEC nation.

Why I Am Considering a 2014 US Senate Run  —  Serious times call for bold measures.  With the re-election of Barack Obama, our very way of self-government is in peril.  The Constitution is under attack, the value of human life degraded, religious liberties are threatened …

President Obama, Republicans fight the class war  —  There was nothing especially subtle about the way Barack Obama played the politics of class resentment against Mitt Romney in 2012.  —  “My opponent,” Obama brayed in Virginia Beach last fall, “thinks that someone who makes $20 million a year …

High Court Justices Seek Compromise in Gene-Patent Case  —  Several U.S. Supreme Court justices sought a compromise on the decades-old practice of granting patents on human genes, debating a case that could redefine rights throughout the biotechnology and agricultural industries.

Kerry: Foreign students ‘scared’ of guns in U.S.  —  (CNN) - Students in other countries assessing where to study abroad are increasingly scared of coming to the United States because of gun violence, the nation's top diplomat said Monday.  —  Speaking with CNN foreign affairs correspondent Jill Dougherty …

Get Rich or Deny Trying  —  One of the stars of Barack Obama's 2012 State of the Union address was Jackie Bray, a single mother who was laid off in 2011 and struggled for months to find a good-paying job.  Bray's luck finally turned, the president explained, when German industrial giant Siemens hired …

Weiner, Exploring Possible Mayoral Bid, Issues Policy Booklet With Familiar Ring  —  As he seeks to extend the discussion about a possible candidacy for mayor — and shift attention away from the online sex-messaging scandal that cost him his Congressional seat — Anthony D. Weiner released …

Not so long ago, plenty of Republicans favored gun control.  —  Every now and then I encounter some random piece of historical trivia and I remember: the Republican Party used to be sane.  The last such epiphany occurred when I was researching the assault-weapons ban, which first passed the Senate in 1993.