Morning Round-Up 2-13

Feature of the Day: The Staggering Costs of Kickbacks, Bribery, and Theft in the Military

Morning Headlines

Domestic                                                          

Associated Press

1. KY. Gay Marriage Ruling Looks to Precedents
2. Comcast to Buy Time Warner Cable for $45 Billion
3. After Shooting Spree, Gun Law Concerns in LA. Town

Politico

1. A fight in Florida for national bragging rights
2. Paul Ryan’s military pay gambit backfires
3. More than 3 million signed up through Obamacare exchanges, officials say

Reuters

1. U.S. Congress approves debt limit increase after Senate drama
2. U.S. judge blocks sale of controversial execution drug to Missouri

Wall Street Journal

1. For Many, Few Health-Plan Choices, High Premiums
2. A Star is Born: U.S. Scores Fusion-Power Breakthrough
3. Obama to Visit East Asia Amid Crackling Tensions

Washington Post

1. Health insurance enrollment on target in January
2. Military COLA bill approved by Congress doesn’t go far enough for some
3. U.S. launches new global initiative to prevent infectious disease threats

Washington Times

1. GOP leaders help Senate pass large increase in debt limit
2. News service offers its own take on Mideast; Al-Monitor partners with PBS
3. Evolutionists say human face came from 415 million-year-old fish

Top Conservative Stories of the Day:

The American Conservative

1. Crony Agriculture
2. Did We Mess Up on Mammograms?

Breitbart

1. National Security Heavyweights Allege Muslim Brotherhood Ties to GOP
2. New York Times Lauds Wendy Davis’s ‘Politically Exquisite’ Fake Life Story

 The Daily Caller     

1. Tea party groups are making and spending millions, but not on candidates
2. Obamacare enrollment update: Administration still stonewalling on unpaid enrollees, previously uninsured

CNSNews.com

1. Debt Up $2.7T in 2.5 Years Under Boehner Debt-Limit Deals
2. Obama Will Take ‘Executive Action’ to Reduce Prison Population

National Review

1. Obama’s Newspeak
2. A Deeper Naginism

Washington Free Beacon

1. Environmental Activists Plan Illegal White House Demonstration
2. White House Launches Infrastructure Cyber Security Initiative

Top Liberal Stories of the Day:

The Daily Beast

1. A Mob-Defying Former Mayor Knows Why New Jersey Is So Corrupt
2. Unemployed Ken Cuccinelli Finds a Job With Rand Paul Suing Obama

Talking Points Memo

1. Rand Paul Accused of Plagiarizing His Big Obama Lawsuit
2. Map: Obamacare’s 5 Best and 5 Worst States by Enrollment

 ThinkProgress

    1. How One Box Locks Thousands of Americans Out of Employment And Into a Life of Crime