Gas prices sink Obama's ratings on economy, bring parity to race for White House  —  Disapproval of President Obama's handling of the economy is heading higher — alongside gasoline prices — as a record number of Americans now give the president “strongly” negative reviews …

Santorum Campaign Responds To Dutch Euthanasia Outrage  —  Rick Santorum has drawn fire for controversial statements about assisted suicide in the Netherlands.  In an impromptu interview with Dutch television station RTL4, Santorum press secretary Alice Stewart offered no explanation …

EXCLUSIVE: 141 Companies Drop Advertising From Rush Limbaugh  —  ThinkProgress has obtained an internal memo from Premiere Radio Networks listing 96 national companies that have “specifically asked” their advertisments not be played during the Rush Limbaugh Show.  Premiere is the distributor of Limbaugh's program.

Justice Dept opposes Texas voter ID law  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department's civil rights division on Monday objected to a new photo ID requirement for voters in Texas because many Hispanic voters lack state-issued identification.  —  Texas follows South Carolina as the second state …

Catholicism Is Not the Tea Party at Prayer  —  WASHINGTON — The nation's Roman Catholic bishops will make an important decision this week: Do they want to defend the church's legitimate interest in religious autonomy, or do they want to wage an election-year war against President Obama?

Nicky Larkin: Israel is a refuge, but a refuge under siege  —  Through making a film about the Israeli-Arab conflict, artist Nicky Larkin found his allegiances swaying  —  I used to hate Israel.  I used to think the Left was always right.  Not any more.  Now I loathe Palestinian terrorists.

Rep. Stearns On Obama Birth's Certificate: ‘The Question Is, Is It Legitimate?’  —  New video of a February town hall shows Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) pandering to birthers and raising questions about the legitimacy of President Obama's birth certificate.  —  When Stearns met with constituents …

Reid: Republicans clogging judicial confirmation process to embarrass Obama  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) charged Senate Republicans on Monday of gumming up the Senate's judicial confirmation process in order to embarrass President Obama, and said he plans to file cloture …

Bradley Manning's treatment was cruel and inhuman, UN torture chief rules  —  UN special rapporteur on torture's findings likely to reignite criticism of US government's treatment of WikiLeaks suspect  —  The UN special rapporteur on torture has formally accused the US government of cruel …

Coffee Is an Essential Benefit Too  —  Here are some other health-care mandates that government should impose on employers.  —  Dear President Obama,  —  Can you believe the nerve of employers?  Many of them still seem to think that they should be allowed to determine the benefits they offer.

Bill introduced to regulate men's reproductive health  —  Part of a trend, she likens the bill to men legislating 'a woman's womb.'  —  COLUMBUS - Before getting a prescription for Viagra or other erectile dysfunction drugs, men would have to see a sex therapist, receive a cardiac stress test …

Hoopster-in-Chief Obama Offers NCAA Bracket Challenge  —  “Think you got game?”  That's the question President Obama is posing to sports fans in a new, online interactive contest aimed at expanding his re-election campaign's contact list and collecting some grassroots cash.

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How it happened: Massacre in Kandahar  —  Ashes and what appeared to be bloodstains could be seen inside one of the houses attacked  —  In the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, a US soldier stationed at a base in Afghanistan's Kandahar province allegedly launched a single-handed gun attack on nearby Afghan villagers.