Man shot outside News Corp building in NYC  —  A man was shot in chest and critically injured outside of the News Corp. building in midtown Monday, authorities said.  —  The man, who was not identified, was found just before 9 a.m. sitting slumped outside of the building on Sixth Avenue and West 47th Street, cops and witnesses said.

New York Times writer Charles M. Blow ‘fuming’ that son was detained by Yale police  —  NEW HAVEN >> New York Times op-ed columnist Charles M. Blow claims in a tweet that his son, who is black and a junior biology major at Yale University, was “accosted” at gunpoint Saturday night by university police who thought he was a suspect.

Romney's Consideration of Candidacy Is Closely Tied to His Faith, Allies Say  —  WASHINGTON — A prominent Republican delivered a direct request to Mitt Romney not long ago: He should make a third run for the presidency, not for vanity or redemption, but to answer a higher calling from his faith.