GOP pounces on Obama's tax plan  —  Republicans pounced on President Obama's tax plan that he will unveil during Tuesday's State of the Union Address as little more than a partisan stunt with virtually no chance of passing in the GOP-controlled Congress.  —  A senior White House officials …

Uproar after Miss Israel's selfie with Miss Lebanon  —  Miss Lebanon Saly Greige (left) is in hot water after she posed in a picture with Miss Israel Doron Matalon.  —  A Lebanese beauty queen pleaded self-ie defense after a Facebook pic of her posing with an Israeli pageant competitor caused outrage …

President Obama finally has his Piketty moment  —  The state of the union is pretty good, actually, but President Obama has an idea to make it better: taxing Wall Street and the super-rich to make middle-class work even more worthwhile.  It's Piketty with an American accent.

Oklahoma ‘Survivalist’ Released After He Shot Police Chief 4 Times  —  A Sentinel, Okla., man on Thursday shot the town's police chief four times and was then released from custody after questioning, the Oklahoman reported.  —  Sentinel Police Chief Louis Ross was shot in the chest three times …

Only Sarah Palin has worse numbers than Christie in new CBS presidential poll  —  A new CBS poll shows 29 percent of Republicans would like to see Christie run for the Republican nomination for president.  But 44 percent say no. CBS points out “Only former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's numbers …

Sources: Israeli strike in Syria kills senior Hezbollah members, son of group's late leader  —  Syria: Israeli warplanes strike targets near Damascus  —  WATCH: Video of alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria  —  Report: IAF helicopter fires two missiles at Syrian G...

The reinvention of Mitt Romney  —  Former Obama campaign aides mock their 2012 opponent's new anti-poverty crusade.  —  Mitt Romney, sudden champion of Americans trying to make ends meet — it's coming off to progressives and veterans of Obama's winning re-election campaign as a little too rich.

With tax hike proposal, Obama's main goal is to troll the GOP  —  You know, you just know, that after the president goes out there and announces he wants to make community college free for all Americans — as though anything government does is “free” — or is unilaterally …

Odd Byproduct of Legal Marijuana: Homes That Blow Up  —  DENVER — When Colorado legalized marijuana two years ago, nobody was quite ready for the problem of exploding houses.  —  But that is exactly what firefighters, courts and lawmakers across the state are confronting these days …

Not Just A Movie  —  WASHINGTON — I WENT Friday morning to see “Selma” and found myself watching it in a theater full of black teenagers.  —  Thanks to donations, D.C. public school kids got free tickets to the first Hollywood movie about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday weekend …