The 20-lb. swag bag from People/Time's White House Correspondent's party  —  Pictured below: a disgorged swag bag from the Time/People pre-WHCD cocktail party.  It weighed in at 20.6 lbs on an Post bathroom scale (very technical stuff, here).  —  Whoa, isn't the media industry struggling with hard times?

Rep. Schiff defends reading Boston attack suspect Miranda rights  —  Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday defended the decision to read the Boston bombings suspect his Miranda rights, saying that there was no basis for law enforcement to continue questioning him under the public safety exemption.

Hand back your benefits, Iain Duncan Smith urges wealthier pensioners  —  Better-off pensioners should voluntarily pay back their taxpayer-funded benefits, the Work and Pensions Secretary declares.  —  Iain Duncan Smith says he “would encourage” elderly people who can well afford to pay …

The Great Degrader  —  I've been focused on economic policy lately, so I sort of missed the big push to rehabilitate Bush's image; also, as a premature anti-Bushist who pointed out how terrible a president he was back when everyone else was praising him as a Great Leader, I'm kind of worn out on the subject.

Black Voter Turnout Passed White Turnout For The First Time In 2012  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — America's blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election …

Obama Is Not The ‘Strapping Young Muslim Socialist’ He Used To Be  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama joked Saturday that the years are catching up to him and he's not “the strapping young Muslim socialist” he used to be.  —  Obama poked fun at himself as well as some of his …

APNewsBreak: Russia caught bomb suspect on wiretap  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, officials said Saturday, days after the U.S. government finally received details about the call.

Biden, McCain discuss gun control, foreign policy in Sedona  —  FONT:  —  SEDONA — Vice President Joe Biden said Friday in an appearance with Sen. John McCain that Americans' views on gun control have shifted despite the recent Senate defeat of a bipartisan compromise on gun-buyer background checks.

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.

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 …

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.