EXCLUSIVE - Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson breaks his silence: Reality show star says he's ‘a lover not a hater’ but REFUSES to back down from anti-gay comments  — Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson is sticking by controversial comments he made about homosexuality to GQ magazine

CNN Poll: Heath care law support drops to all-time low  —  Washington (CNN) - Support for the country's new health care law has dropped to a record low, according to a new national poll.  —  And a CNN/ORC International survey released Monday also indicates that most Americans predict …

Appeals Court Denies Utah Officials' Request For Emergency Halt To Same-Sex Couples' Marriages  —  Although the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denied the emergency request, the trial court in the Utah marriage case is due to hear arguments Monday on the state's request to stop marriages during the appeal of the case.

M&S faces boycott as it lets Muslim staff refuse to sell alcohol or pork  —  Furious M&S customers threatened to boycott the store last night for allowing Muslim checkout staff to refuse to serve customers who want to pay for alcohol or pork.  —  Managers at a London store told the workers …

Is US losing global influence?  —  A mounting set of foreign policy challenges is raising hackles among conservatives, who argue that the White House is squandering American influence around the globe.  —  In the Middle East, longtime U.S. allies Israel and Saudi Arabia have been rattled …

Father drops toddler from high-rise, jumps to his death  —  A distraught dad tossed his toddler off the roof of a 52-story apartment building on the Upper West Side on Sunday, then jumped himself — killing them both, law enforcement sources said.  —  Dmitriy Kanarikov, 35 …

A GOP identity crisis  —  Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) recent outburst against far-right conservative groups kicks off a political identity crisis for the GOP that will define the 2014 campaign.  —  Putting aside Boehner's rare show of anger, he is accusing Heritage Action …

Congress Does Little of Consequence, Except Argue  —  Call it a steady diet of gridlock, with “Green Eggs and Ham” on the side.  —  Congress did not pass White House-backed immigration or gun control legislation in 2013.  Or raise the minimum wage.  Or approve many other items on President Barack Obama's agenda.

Manchin: Dems feeling ‘weight’ of O-Care  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Sunday said Democrats are feeling the weight of the botched Healthcare.gov site as they prepare for the 2014 midterms.  —  Manchin, known for going against the grain of his party at times, wouldn't go so far …

White House: No backup plan if Obamacare fails  —  When Obamacare implementation began, its supporters said the program needed about seven million people to enroll by next March.  Of that number, advocates said, a large portion — about 40 percent — had to be young and healthy …

Justine Sacco, Fired After Tweet on AIDS in Africa, Issues Apology  —  The communications director fired over a tweet evoking AIDS and race that was sent as she was headed to Africa has now apologized, saying she is “ashamed” for her insensitivity to the millions of people living with the virus.