Obama Says Income Gap Is Fraying U.S. Social Fabric  —  GALESBURG, Ill. — In a week when he tried to focus attention on the struggles of the middle class, President Obama said in an interview that he was worried that years of widening income inequality and the lingering effects of the financial crisis …

Accused Fort Hood shooter releases statement to Fox News  —  EXCLUSIVE: Acting as his own attorney, accused Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan has released a statement to Fox News claiming that the U.S. military is at war with his religion.  —  However, he does not directly address …

Growing Number Of States Are Reporting Lower Than Expected Health Care Premiums  —  Health premiums in Maryland's exchanges will be “among the lowest of the 12 states that have available proposed or approved rates for comparison,” the state's exchange — Maryland Health Connection — announced Friday.

Big Marijuana lobby fights legalization efforts  —  Pot legalization activists are running into an unexpected and ironic opponent in their efforts to make cannabis legal: Big Marijuana.  —  Medical marijuana is a billion-dollar industry — legal in 18 states, including California, Nevada …

Worries Mount as Syria Lures West's Muslims  —  WASHINGTON — A rising number of radicalized young Muslims with Western passports are traveling to Syria to fight with the rebels against the government of Bashar al-Assad, raising fears among American and European intelligence officials …

Guy tries to rob a gun store with a baseball bat, fails miserably  —  BEAVERTON, Ore. - You've heard the old saying 'don't bring a knife to a gun fight.'  —  Well how about a bat?  Apparently, that doesn't work too well either - just ask 22-year-old Derrick Mosley.

TCA: NBC Unveils Hillary Clinton Mini to Star Diane Lane  —  Also in works are 'Rosemary's Baby' and ‘Tommyknockers’ reboots and Plymouth Rock mini  —  NBC Entertainment chief Bob Greenblatt opened his Television Critics Assn. exec session by talking up the Peacock's “year of improvement” …

Scores of Demonstrators Killed in Egypt  —  CAIRO — The police and armed civilians opened fire Saturday with live ammunition on protesters against Egypt's new military government, witnesses said, killing scores of people as hopes faded that the Egyptian military would reach any political accommodation …

Jesse Jackson: Boycott Florida Over ‘Stand Your Ground’  —  The Rev. Jesse Jackson takes part in a panel discussion during the National Urban League's annual conference in Philadelphia.  —  PHILADELPHIA—Stevie Wonder isn't the only one who wants to boycott Florida over its “stand your ground” …

She did the right thing despite her prejudices.  —  Sometimes life imitates the Onion.  Last week the satirical newspaper ran an “op-ed” by “Juror E6,” a fictitious member of the panel that acquitted George Zimmerman.  Here's the nut, and pardon our F—ch: “Now, I realize …

Sarah Palin: I Was Banned From Talking About Jeremiah Wright By The McCain Campaign  —  “I wasn't allowed to talk about things like that because those elitist, those who are the brainics in the GOP machine running John McCain's campaign at the time said that the media would eat us alive if we brought up these things.”