Orioles COO John Angelos offers eye-opening perspective on Baltimore protests  —  Demonstrators destroy the windshield of a Baltimore Police car as they protest the death Freddie Gray.  (Photo via Jim Watson/Getty Images)  —  After protests in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray turned violent …

Riots erupt across West Baltimore, downtown  —  Violence and looting overtook much of West Baltimore on Monday, seriously injuring several police officers and leaving a store and several vehicles in flames.  —  At least seven police officers were injured in a clash that began near Mondawmin Mall and spread toward downtown.

Faith leaders demand that liberal justices sit out gay marriage case  —  Religious leaders are calling on members of the Supreme Court's liberal wing to recuse themselves from the blockbuster gay marriage case that the court will begin considering on Tuesday.

Fox's Stacey Dash: No One Would Have Been Beheaded Under Bush  —  Outnumbered guest host Stacey Dash said Monday afternoon that no one would have been beheaded under a George W. Bush presidency.  —  Dash's comments were in reference to a report Monday that Bush criticized Obama's foreign policy …

Woman Uncovers Two-Way Mirror in a Bar Bathroom; Owner Says It'll Stay  —  Tonight a reader tipped us off to a video posted by comic Tamale Rocks, who uncovered a two-way mirror in the women's bathroom at Chicago bar Cigars and Stripes.  —  Here's the video, which shows the stall …

Salman Rushdie slams critics of PEN's Charlie Hebdo tribute  —  The author called writers who had objected to the award, including Peter Carey, Michael Ondaatje and Francine Prose, ‘Six Authors in Search of a bit of Character’  —  Salman Rushdie, who spent years in hiding after a fatwa …

Nobody Said That  —  Imagine yourself as a regular commentator on public affairs — maybe a paid pundit, maybe an supposed expert in some area, maybe just an opinionated billionaire.  You weigh in on a major policy initiative that's about to happen, making strong predictions of disaster.

Baltimore  —  First things first.  —  Yes, there is a lot to be argued, debated, addressed.  And this moment, as inevitable as it has sometimes seemed, can still, in the end, prove transformational, if not redemptive for our city.  Changes are necessary and voices need to be heard.

The joke was that Obama wasn't joking  —  The White House Correspondents' Dinner has become a strange event.  It is, ostensibly, an evening when the president and the press can come together to share a few lighthearted laughs.  But it's evolved into a recital of brutal truths — albeit one neither side ever really admits happened.

Marco Rubio: ‘Ridiculous And Absurd’ To Believe Gays Have Constitutional Right To Marry  —  While his campaign touts his outreach to gay Republicans, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio told David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network this weekend that anyone who believes that gay people …

EXCLUSIVE: Watch as strong winds knock over a train in Jefferson Parish  —  ELMWOOD, La. (WGNO) - Nearly a dozen shipping containers and some train cars were blown off elevated tracks in Jefferson Parish Monday.  —  WGNO reporter Jabari Thomas captured the moment when strong winds knocked …

Texas A&M Galveston Professor Hits ‘Breaking Point,’ Fails Entire Class  —  Galveston, Texas (CBS HOUSTON) — A Texas A&M Galveston professor says he hit a “breaking point” as he failed an entire class of students in his management course that he said required “security guards” for him to feel safe teaching.

Conservatives, Unleash the Awesome Power of “No”  —  We decent Americans are bombarded with lies, libeled, and subjected to petty (and, increasingly, not so petty) tyrannies by government flunkies.  At every turn, liberals and their suck-ups in the media and academia seek to delegitimize our interests, concerns, and opinions.

Clay Aiken: Rep. Ellmers is ‘an idiot’  —  Clay Aiken is “not a fan” of his former political opponent, Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.), calling the congresswoman a “b—  ” and an “idiot” in a Monday interview.  —  The Republican incumbent defeated the former “American Idol” contestant, a Democrat, to win her third term in November.

If Carly Fiorina were male  —  If Carly Fiorina were male, she would be regarded in national politics as an anti-Clinton crony capitalist who mismanaged a company when she was its CEO, was terminated by the company's board of directors, was criticized for flying around in multiple corporate jets …

TPM Interview: Rightwing Blogger Explains How He Got Punked By Phony Harry Reid Rumor  —  John Hinderaker, the man behind the rightwing blog Power Line, woke up to a nasty surprise on Sunday morning.  —  In the pages of the Las Vegas Sun, a man named Larry Pfeifer announced …

EXCLUSIVE: NBC News chief wants Brian Williams back on air ASAP  —  This ship's captain doesn't want to throw the anchor overboard.  —  NBC News chief Andrew Lack is looking for a way to put Brian Williams back behind the “Nightly News” desk, sources tell the Daily News …