Why Marco Rubio has a real shot at 2016 Republican nomination  —  Feb. 27, 2015: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. speaks in National Harbor, Md. (AP)  —  Ted Cruz remains a conservative favorite in 2016.  In 2012, the establishment backed his Senate opponent in Texas, then Lt. Governor David Dewhurst.

A Modest Proposal: Barack Obama Should Be Hillary Clinton's Running Mate  —  Because Hillary Clinton is white and no longer young, a strain of political thought holds that she might lack Barack Obama's inherent appeal to new and minority voters and thus that she won't be able to ride …

Owner of a Credit Card Processor Is Setting a New Minimum Wage: $70,000 a Year  —  The idea began percolating, said Dan Price, the founder of Gravity Payments, after he read an article on happiness.  It showed that, for people who earn less than about $70,000, extra money makes a big difference in their lives.

Hillary Clinton, Just an Unrecognized Burrito Bowl Fan  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign is all about “everyday Americans,” she made clear in announcing it on Sunday.  —  On Monday, she showed how unassuming she herself could be.  —  Driving to Iowa for her first campaign swing …

Michael Slager and ‘bad, corrupt cops’ sued by black man who says he was tased  —  Police officer who killed Walter Scott is one of three patrolmen named in lawsuit filed by Julius Wilson, who says Slager used a stun gun on him  —  The police officer who killed Walter Scott in South Carolina …

Ex-Governor Will Lead New Fund at Bain Capital  —  The former governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick, has joined the private equity firm Bain Capital as a partner to focus on socially oriented investments, a person briefed on the matter said on Monday.  —  Mr. Patrick, a Democrat …

Brutal attack at Memphis gas station caught on camera  —  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Surveillance video showed a mob of rowdy high school students beating a man at a Crosstown gas station.  —  Police said a large group of Northwest Prep Academy students swarmed a BP gas station on Poplar and Cleveland.

Statement on Alaska Airlines flight 448  —  Flight 448, bound for Los Angeles, returned to Seattle shortly after departure today after it was discovered that a ramp agent was still in the cargo hold.  The aircraft was in the air for 9 minutes.  —  After landing, the agent …

Putin's Missile Could Make U.S. Attacks on Iran Nearly Impossible  —  For years, Team Obama crowed about keeping this advanced Russian missile out of Iran's hands.  Now the Kremlin suddenly seems eager to hand it over to Tehran.  —  This nuke deal with Iran had better work.

EXCLUSIVE: Woman says Harlem tattoo parlor behind ‘Black Ink’ left her disfigured  —  HARLEM (PIX11) — Asabi Barner was a confident woman in her 30s.  Her body was never something she felt a need to cover up, until now.  —  A tattoo coverup changed her life last year.

Why This Pastor Who Tried To Assassinate Hitler Has Become A Hero To The Anti-LGBT Movement  —  CREDIT: í™", via wikimedia commons  —  It's no secret that conservative Christians who oppose marriage equality are using increasingly hyperbolic language to describe their campaign against LGBT rights.

CBS4 Investigation: TSA Screeners At DIA Manipulated System To Grope Men's Genitals  —  DENVER (CBS4) - A CBS4 investigation has learned that two Transportation Security Administration screeners at Denver International Airport have been fired after they were discovered manipulating passenger screening systems …

“Same-Sex Attracted Men and Their Wives” Ask SCOTUS to Rule Against Marriage Equality  —  There are a lot of terrible arguments against same-sex marriage, but this may be the worst: The Supreme Court must not protect gay couples' marriages, because doing so would demean marriages between gay men and their wives.

Revive Lincoln's ‘One Country, One Destiny’  —  On eve of Lincoln's assassination's 150th anniversary, GOP must reform government to empower all people equally  —  Yesterday evening, I announced my campaign for president of the United States of America, committing myself to the cause of restoring equal opportunity for every American.

Bob Corker says bipartisan deal has been reached on Iran bill  —  The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Tuesday that a bipartisan agreement has been reached on legislation that would allow Congress to review any nuclear agreement with Iran.

GOP: Obama war request is dead  —  President Obama's proposal for the use of military force against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is dead in the House, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy declared on Monday.  —  The California Republican said Obama's draft authorization for the use …

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