Obama's Vow on Chemical Weapons Puts Him in Tough Spot  —  WASHINGTON — Confronted with evidence that chemical weapons have been used in Syria, President Obama now finds himself in a geopolitical box, his credibility at stake with frustratingly few good options.

National Rifle Association Bans Bleeding “Obama” Target, Others Remain  —  Beyond the pale at the NRA convention.  “They thought it looked too much like President Obama,” says a worker.  —  The Zombie Industries booth at the NRA Convention in Houston.  —  HOUSTON, Texas …

Cardinal Dolan Denies Catholics Entry at Cathedral Because of Dirty Hands  —  “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened” (Matthew 7:7-8).

Rush Limbaugh may leave Cumulus  —  The Rush Limbaugh Program is considering ending its affiliation agreement with Cumulus Media at the end of this year, a move that would bring about one of the biggest shakeups in talk radio history, a source close to the show tells POLITICO.

James Carville Heaps Praise On Ted Cruz: ‘Most Talented And Fearless’ GOP Politician Of Last 30 Years  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is polarizing, to say the least.  While the likes of Joe Scarborough have found Cruz to be a lying jerk, the senator received praise on Sunday from an unlikely suspect: James Carville.

The Dark Side, Carefully Masked  —  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — On the day after two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev tapped out an early-afternoon text message to a classmate at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.  Want to hang out? he queried.

How wrong is Kathleen Parker about Plan B birth control?  Let me count the ways!  —  Kathleen Parker's column in today's Washington Post, which is about over-the-counter sales of Plan B birth control, is a small masterpiece of sophistry.  It's a virtual greatest hits collection …

FBI searches Tsarnaev apartment as uncle arrives  —  By:  —  The FBI returned today to search the Tsarnaev family's Cambridge home, as the uncle of Boston Marathon bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev visited a Worcester funeral home where the older brother's body lies awaiting a funeral.

Women who wear revealing dresses cause earthquakes: Cleric  —  Tehran, May 4: Women who wear revealing clothing and behave immorally are responsible for earthquakes, this is what a senior Iranian cleric has to say.  —  The cleric's unusual explanation for quakes follows the prediction …

Official: We knew Benghazi was a terrorist attack “from the get-go”  —  (CBS News) “Everybody in the mission” in Benghazi, Libya, thought the attack on a U.S. consulate there last Sept. 11 was an act of terror “from the get-go,” according to excerpts of an interview investigators conducted …

Gabrielle Giffords given Profile in Courage award  —  Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords received the 2013 Profile in Courage award at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston on Sunday in recognition of the political, personal, and physical courage she has demonstrated in her fearless public advocacy …

Poll: Cuccinelli has early lead over McAuliffe in Virginia governor's race  —  Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II has an early lead over businessman Terry McAuliffe in their race for governor, a new Washington Post poll shows, even as most voters in the commonwealth have yet to engage in the nationally watched contest.

King: Customs was not equipped to monitor student visas  —  (CNN) - Customs officials have not had the technology to determine whether foreign students entering the United States were in compliance with their visas, Rep. Peter King, former chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, said Sunday on CNN's “State of the Union.”