Gunmen in Paris Kill 12 at Offices of Satirical Newspaper Charlie Hebdo  —  PARIS — Masked gunmen opened fire in the offices of a French satirical newspaper on Wednesday in Paris, the police said, with initial reports saying that as many as 12 people had been killed and 10 wounded.

Boehner takes revenge  —  Foes find themselves losing plum committee posts.  —  John Boehner is getting revenge.  —  He secured his third term as speaker Tuesday afternoon, losing 25 votes on the House floor to three relatively unknown members of the House Republican Conference.

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In U.S., Uninsured Rate Sinks to 12.9%  —  Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The uninsured rate among U.S. adults for the fourth quarter of 2014 averaged 12.9%.  This is down slightly from 13.4% in the third quarter of 2014 and down significantly from 17.1% a year ago.

An Aging Europe in Decline  —  “I'VE fallen and I can't get up.”  —  These words, shouted by an elderly woman, were made famous in a medical alert device ad in the 1990s.  In 2015, they might be Europe's catchphrase.  —  As the United States economy slowly recovers …

The Troll's Lawyer  —  A virulent Jew-hating hacktivist and a burned-out, unemployed lawyer teamed up to challenge a sweeping computer crime law.  Here's how they beat the Feds.  —  Tor Ekeland met his Client Number One at Trinity Place Bar, a downtown Manhattan watering hole built into an old bank vault, in 2011.

OK, So What Really Happened to Harry Reid?  —  We wrote here about Harry Reid's supposed close encounter with a piece of exercise equipment, which handed him in the hospital.  The equipment was later claimed by Reid's office to be an elastic exercise band.  This is how the accident allegedly happened:

Explosion outside NAACP in Colorado deliberate, FBI says  —  An explosion outside an NAACP office building in Colorado on Tuesday morning that rattled neighbors was caused deliberately, officials say.  —  An improvised explosive device was detonated against the exterior wall of the NAACP building …

Soaring Bond Prices May Sound an Economic Warning  —  The United States economy is accelerating, unemployment is falling and wages are even beginning to creep higher.  —  Yet a huge bond market with a strong track record for predicting economic problems is flashing a warning sign right now.

Ben Carson's History Book Plagiarizes SocialismSucks.Net And Many Other Sources  —  “If it is determined that additional citations or attribution are required, the appropriate revisions will be made in subsequent printings.”  —  Ben Carson Facebook  —  Several sections of potential …

This Ingenious Machine Turns Feces Into Drinking Water  —  I watched the piles of feces go up the conveyer belt and drop into a large bin.  They made their way through the machine, getting boiled and treated.  A few minutes later I took a long taste of the end result: a glass of delicious drinking water.

Kirsten Gillibrand gears up for another round  —  The senator plans new push for changes in military command structure.  —  AP Photo  —  A dozen colleagues promised Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in March that if the Pentagon didn't shape up, they would reconsider her proposal to take sexual assault cases out of the chain of command.

New GOP Congress Fires Shot At Social Security On Day One  —  With a little-noticed proposal, Republicans took aim at Social Security on the very first day of the 114th Congress.  —  The incoming GOP majority approved late Tuesday a new rule that experts say could provoke an unprecedented crisis …

Exclusive interview: Obama says cheap gas won't last  —  Washington - — President Barack Obama is warning Americans that cheap gas prices won't last indefinitely, and he's standing by his support of small, fuel-efficient vehicles.  —  “I would strongly advise American consumers to continue …

Hillary Clinton brings in Robby Mook, Joel Benenson for likely team  —  Hillary Clinton is beginning to put together the pieces for a likely campaign, tapping two top strategists — including President Barack Obama's pollster — to work with her in the lead-up toward an ultimate decision.

Robert F. McDonnell sentenced to two years in prison … A federal judge sentenced former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell to two years in prison Tuesday — a term far lower than what prosecutors had sought and one that means the popular politician will be free before his 63rd birthday.