Holder faces big decision on DOJ charges against Zimmerman  —  Attorney General Eric Holder faces a crucial decision on whether to press federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman, after the neighborhood watchman was acquitted Saturday in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.

Whodunnit?  JK Rowling's secret life as wizard crime writer revealed  —  JK Rowling says she found writing a crime novel under a male pseudonym to be a ‘liberating experience’ (Mike Marsland)  —  JK ROWLING has secured another literary coup by writing an acclaimed detective novel in the guise of a first-time author.

The Zimmerman Jury Told Young Black Men What We Already Knew  —  Tonight a Florida man's acquittal for hunting and killing a black teenager who was armed with only a bag of candy serves as a Rorschach test for the American public.  For conservatives, it's a triumph of permissive gun laws …

Why Abortion Is Not Like Other Issues  —  WASHINGTON — IT'S no secret that the Republican Party differs with public opinion on some of the day's biggest issues.  Be it on gun control, immigration, same-sex marriage or high-end taxes, the party has advocated a position at odds with the beliefs of most Americans, polls show.

Illinois governor jabs Perry's ‘favorite subject’  —  (CNN) - Roommates can be the worst.  —  Take it from Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, who on Sunday relayed his experience bunking with Gov. Rick Perry of Texas.  —  “There's quite a difference between Rick Perry and I,” Quinn, a Democrat …

Israel Airstrike Targeted Advanced Missiles That Russia Sold to Syria, U.S. Says  —  WASHINGTON — Israel carried out an air attack in Syria this month that targeted advanced antiship cruise missiles sold to the Syria government by Russia, American officials said Saturday.