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Nation

Harry Reid Took Money from Koch Lobbyist: Andrew Stiles
No, the Obamacare Debate Isn’t Over: David Catron
It's All Over But the Hand-Wringing for GM: Peter M. De Lorenzo

Mississippi GOP Chair Works Alongside NRSC To Damage McDaniel: Kuznicki
NRSC With Thad Cochran Would Destroy the Republic To Retain Power: Kuznicki
GOP Benghazi Probe Leader Has Huge Conflict of Interest: Dick Morris

Hillary Clinton’s Approval Drops by More Than 14%: ConTrib
Before 1993, there were no mass shootings on U.S. military bases: Renee Nal
CT weekend gun rally features game-changing speech, fired-up crowd: BPR

A Halo for Selfishness: Thomas Sowell
Gun Control States Have Much Higher Gun Murder Rates: Bob Owens
Hate Crime Charges Possible in Mob Attack: Patch

Economy

How Big Banks Created a Fed to Serve Their Own Interests: Nomi Prins
No connection between school spending, student outcomes: Fox
Hey millionaires, Illinois wants 10 percent of your cash: Townhall

Great moments in union contracts: Overlawyered
BOOM: UPS Fires 250 Union Workers for Refusing to Work: ConTrib
Retail Tsunami: 16 Major Chains Closing More Stores: Wealthy Debates

Scandal Central

Fox News Special Report: Enemies of the State: Nice Deb
IRS agent says NO progressive groups were targeted like Tea Party groups: Patrick Howley
Boehner says the House will hold Lois Lerner in contempt: Scoop

Climate & Energy

One-Way Discovery Channel: Mark Steyn
NYT’s Thomas Friedman Calls Global Warming Skeptics Trotsky Radicals: Sara Noble
California Water: It's the Storage: Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA)

Media

RAT: Al Sharpton's Secret Work As FBI Informant: TSG
Jay-Z is wearing something that is like a white person wearing a “I heart Ku Klux Klan” shirt: YC
Shut Up and Resign Already: R.S. McCain

Lib Law Professor Alan Dershowitz On His Former Student Ted Cruz : “Off The Charts Brilliant”: WZ
OKCupid CEO Gave $500 To Anti-Gay Republican: S&L
MSNBC Releases DNC Propaganda As 'News': TR

Mark Levin Calls Jeb Bush 'Act of Love' Remarks 'Utterly Irresponsible,' 'Typical Liberal Tripe': Breitbart
5,000 legal U.S. citizens getting screwed out of their tuition: YC
Crowd roars for George and Laura Bush at NCAA final: Twitchy

World

The Road to Progressive Dhimmitude: Robert Samuelson
More on that destructive Obama interview about Israel: LI
Obama Bypasses Congress, Will Allow "Immigrants" Who Have Helped Terrorists: ConTrib

More on Medicaid Than Population of Britain, France, or Italy: $2B to Treat Illegals Annually: MagNote
Will The Pentagon’s Secret Space Plane Ever Return to Earth?: Daily Beast
Look At What America Is Giving To Terrorists: Shoebat

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Microsoft Xbox pwned by 5-year-old security researcher: Sophos
Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen drops $40M to modernize voting: VentureBeat
Security and quality top companies' reasons for using open source: Katherine Noyes

Cornucopia

Uninstall Firefox: Dennis Prager
Federal Snipers Train Guns on Family For Filming Cattle: InfoWars
10 Prison Security Techniques Being Implemented on the American People: PSUSA

Image: Smart Cars Flipped Over in San Francisco
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Matt Bevin for Senate -- Help Fire Mitch McConnell

QOTD: "Results are presented on Table 1. The CCW dummy variable is significant and positive, but the assault weapons ban is insignificant. Given that the average gun-related murder rate over the period in question was 3.44, the results of the present study indicate that states with more restrictive CCW laws had gun-related murder rates that were 10% higher. In addition, the Federal assault weapons ban is significant and positive, indicating that murder rates were 19.3% higher when the Federal ban was in effect. These results corroborate the findings of Lott and Mustard (1997). These results suggest that, even after controlling for unobservable state and year fixed effects, limiting the ability to carry concealed weapons may cause murder rates to increase. There may, however, be other explanations for these results. Laws may be ineffective due to loopholes and exemptions. The most violent states may also have the toughest gun control measures. Further research is warranted in this area." -- Quinnipiac University’s Mark Gius