Mississippi man targeted in ricin letters investigation arrested  —  (Reuters) - Federal agents arrested a Mississippi martial arts instructor on Saturday after his home and a former business were searched as part of an investigation into ricin-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and two other public officials.

White House correspondents partiers say Tom Brokaw's got it wrong  —  White House correspondents just want to have fun.  —  That was the message that members of the media and others making the rounds at Friday night's parties had for Tom Brokaw in the face of his renewed criticism of the Correspondents' Association dinner.

Justice Breyer Hospitalized After Accident  —  Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has been hospitalized following a bicycle accident yesterday in Washington, D.C., a court spokesperson said today.  —  “Associate Justice Stephen Breyer underwent reverse shoulder replacement surgery …

StudentsFirst Selects Author of Tennessee's 'Don't Say Gay' Bill as ‘Reformer of the Year’  —  Right, Michelle Rhee, CEO and Founder of StudentsFirst, inset, educational “reformer of the year” Rep. John Ragan.  —  StudentsFirst, a very prominent and controversial educational political action …

Tea Party Congressman: Muslim Brotherhood Is Guiding Obama In Boston Bombings Investigation  —  Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) told a conservative radio program this week that the Obama administration “bungled” the investigation of the Boston bombing due to internal guidance from the Muslim Brotherhood.

Dems Cave On FAA Sequestration Cuts, Flight Delays  —  The House of Representatives passed legislation Friday giving the Federal Aviation Administration unique flexibility under sequestration to use agency funds to avoid air traffic controller furloughs.  —  The final vote was 361-41 …

Biden: Economic collapse kept McCain from the White House  —  (CNN) - Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that if not for the economic collapse surrounding the 2008 presidential race, Sen. John McCain might have beat President Barack Obama.  —  “The truth of the matter is, Barack knows it …

False Flags, Sharia Law, and Gun Grabs: GOP Lawmakers Embrace The Crazy  —  The conspiracy theories percolating up to local party leaders and even the halls of Congress should be a warning sign for the GOP, writes John Avlon.  —  A few days after the Boston bombings, Stella Tremblay went …

The Mind of a Con Man  —  One summer night in 2011, a tall, 40-something professor named Diederik Stapel stepped out of his elegant brick house in the Dutch city of Tilburg to visit a friend around the corner.  It was close to midnight, but his colleague Marcel Zeelenberg had called …

Economy grew at 2.5 percent in 1st quarter, amping fears of a stalled recovery  —  A steep slowdown in defense spending tied to the end of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is undercutting the country's economic recovery, new government data released Friday revealed.