Prosecutors Said to Recommend Charges Against Former Gen. David Petraeus  —  WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors have recommended bringing felony charges against retired Gen. David H. Petraeus for providing classified information to his former mistress while he was director …

Romney Tells Donors He Is Considering 2016 White House Bid  —  Former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 Nominee Didn't Give Timetable for Decision  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney , the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, told a meeting of donors Friday that he is considering …

Four people shot during robbery-gone-bad at Shawnee gun store  —  ›  —  ‹  —  Four people were shot and another was punched in the face Friday afternoon during an attempted robbery of a Shawnee gun store, police said.  —  The gunfight broke out after four robbers entered She's A Pistol …

Al Qaeda Source: AQAP Directed Paris Attack  —  UPDATED — A source within al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has provided The Intercept with a full statement claiming responsibility for the attack against the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris: … Arabic-language excerpts from the statement are being circulated widely on Twitter.

Judge sets George Zimmerman's bond at $5K in aggravated assault arrest  —  SANFORD —  A Seminole County judge has set $5,000 bond for George Zimmerman, who was arrested Friday night in Lake Mary.  —  The 31-year-old was booked around 9:45 p.m. on charges of aggravated assault and domestic violence with a weapon.

In Story About Colorado NAACP Attempted Bombing, MSNBC Uses Image From FRANCE [VIDEO]  —  On his MSNBC show Thursday, host Chris Hayes ran a segment about an attempted bombing which took place outside of the building housing the Colorado Springs NAACP that used images from a completely unrelated incident which occurred in France.

Steyer edges closer to Senate run  —  Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer is moving hard towards a bid to replace one of the Senate's staunchest green champions, retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.).  —  Steyer has been working the phones to gauge interest in a campaign since Boxer's announcement Thursday.

Dean Baquet calls N.Y. Times critic ‘a—hole’  —  New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet called an associate professor at the USC Annenberg School an “a**hole” on Facebook today after the professor took a shot at Baquet for not running Charlie Hebdo's Muhammed cartoons.

Iowa Republicans to Meet to Determine Fate of Straw Poll  —  Republicans in Iowa are meeting to decide whether to carry on this summer with their presidential straw poll, a summer political tradition that critics decry as a sideshow.  —  Despite criticism from some prominent Republicans …

A License to Say Anything?  —  SPECIALTY license plates — which bear the logo of a college or a sports team, or a slogan like “Save Our Seas” or “Stop Child Abuse” — bring in lots of money for state governments, as well as the schools, nonprofit groups, professional organizations and other entities that sponsor them.

Paris Terror Attack: 4 Hostages Killed Before Police Staged Final Assault  —  Police killed three terror suspects today in twin terror attacks in the suburbs of Paris that left four hostages dead and a nation on edge.  —  Some hostages were seen fleeing the site of one standoff …

Amnesty: Nigeria massacre deadliest in history of Boko Haram  —  2 photos  —  YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Hundreds of bodies — too many to count — remain strewn in the bush in Nigeria from an Islamic extremist attack that Amnesty International suggested Friday is the “deadliest massacre” in the history of Boko Haram.