Some see Syria as edge for Obama in fiscal showdown  —  U.S. military action in Syria could give the White House an advantage in the looming fiscal showdown with congressional Republicans, according to defense and budget experts.  —  They said the Syria crisis could boost calls by President Obama …

Russia's Vladimir Putin challenges US on Syria claims  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin has challenged the US to present to the UN evidence that Syria was responsible for chemical weapons attacks.  —  Mr Putin said it would be “utter nonsense” for Syria's government to provoke opponents …

Mary Cheney Criticizes Her Sister on Same-Sex Marriage  —  Mary Cheney, the younger sister of Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Senate candidate, sharply criticized her sister's stance on same-sex marriage and urged her own Facebook friends to share the message.  —  Posting on Facebook on Friday evening …

IRS Scandal Didn't Happen To The Tea Party; It Was Invented By The Tea Party  —  JennyBeth Martin rallies the troops on May 16, 2013  —  Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published an amazingly dishonest profile of Jenny Beth Martin, head of the national Tea Party Patriots organization.

You know that “women make 77 cents to every man's dollar” line you've heard a hundred times?  It's not true.  —  How many times have you heard that “women are paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men”?  Barack Obama said it during his last campaign.

The parody shirt the NSA doesn't want you to wear  —  The politically themed T-shirt company Liberty Maniacs is in hot water for its latest spoof design  —  Two days after the world learned the National Security Agency logs practically every American phone call, the agency had started cracking down on entrepreneurs who made fun of it.

Police: 2 Women Gang Raped By Juveniles In Wilmington Park  —  WILMINGTON, Del. (CBS) — Neighbors near Kosciuszko Park in Wilmington expressed anger and outrage Friday, after learning the details of a brutal gang-rape that happened in the park Thursday.  —  Police say two women, ages 32 and 24 …

Craig Zucker: What Happens When a Man Takes on the Feds  —  Buckyballs was the hottest office game on the market.  Then regulators banned it.  Now the government wants to ruin the CEO who fought back.  —  New York  —  'So this is what starting over looks like.  I have a seven-by-seven space with two little desks in it.

Sex between students and teachers should not be a crime  —  Betsy Karasik is a writer and former lawyer.  —  There is a painfully uncomfortable episode of “Louie” in which the comedian Louis C.K. muses that maybe child molesters wouldn't kill their victims if the penalty weren't so severe.

Conviction of Toledo man for stockpiling weapons began with the tracking of camisoles  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio — The paperwork said the mailed package contained $40 worth of women's camisoles.  Someone in China sent it to a Toledo address.  —  Inside, there were no camisoles — just low-quality …