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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: 12 quotes on his birthday

Here are 12 quotes from America's 35th President.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: 12 quotes on his birthday

Here are 12 quotes from America's 35th President.
USA Update Skagit River bridge collapse: Not the only one waiting to happen (+video)

The collapse of the I-5 bridge over the Skagit River is a reminder that thousands of bridges in the US are in serious need of repair or replacement. President Obama proposed a "Fix it First" program, but the budget 'sequester' may have squelched that.
Decoder Wire Ted Nugent's brother slaps Ted on gun background checks. Family feud?

Ted Nugent's brother Jeffrey, in an op-ed, argues that the NRA and Ted are wrong to fight expanded background checks for gun buyers. Ted, naturally, doesn't take that lying down, whips out ... a pen?
Verbal Energy Pupils who have yet to unfold their wings

We get it that pre-K is the hot new thing in education – but are 4-year-olds really 'students'?
Monitor Breakfast Mark Kelly on gun control bill: 'We do have a problem' with many senators

The husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, an advocate of stricter gun laws, warned a fellow Arizonan of repercussions at the ballot box if he votes against a gun control measure to expand background checks. A lot of senators, said Mark Kelly, want a reason 'to get to no.'
Decoder Wire 'If babies had guns they wouldn't be aborted.' Is Rep. Steve Stockman serious?

Rep. Steve Stockman sees himself as a conservative insurgent and likes to shock. But his new bumper sticker promoting his pro-gun and anti-abortion views might have a specific agenda.
Obama budget's big education items: Preschool for All, college Race to the Top (+video)

President Obama's budget proposal gives the Education Department $71.2 billion in discretionary spending for fiscal year 2014. Preschool for All would be funded by a tax hike on cigarettes.
Energy Voices Obama budget boosts 'green energy,' but no olive branch to GOP

President Obama's budget calls for increased investing in clean-energy technology and the ending of tax preferences for the oil and gas industry. The 2014 budget proposal is in line with the president's 'all-of-the-above' energy policy, but does little to reach across the aisle.
McDonald's strike: Fast-food workers want to double wages

McDonald's strike in New York is part of fast-food workers push to get $15 an hour. Organizers say the KFC-Burger King-McDonald's strike by hundreds of workers would be the largest rally yet for their fast-food campaign.
Change Agent New nonprofit joint venture will tell the positive stories of Afghanistan

The Afghan Dreamers project will highlight 'really good people doing really amazing things' that 12 years of war has overshadowed.
Change Agent Cities try a new strategy with immigrants: embrace them

Through its Cities of Migration project, the Maytree Foundation hopes to provide not just inspiration but a set of tools that any city government can use to build a strong, diverse community.
US tells China to halt cyberattacks, and in a first, lays out demands

Obama's national security adviser, Thomas Donilon, spelled out a more aggressive US stance on the cyberattacks, saying China must recognize the problem, investigate it, and join in a dialogue.
Rand Paul: GOP party leader or destined for Ron Paul backwater? (+video)

Sen. Rand Paul’s filibuster pushed him into the national political spotlight. But can he broaden his exposure and base of support beyond what his father, Rep. Ron Paul, was able to achieve?
Bridging the partisan divide: VP's chief of staff is 'Mr. Fix-It'

Bruce Reed, chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, has a reputation for getting along with both parties, and often plays a key role in pushing the Obama administration's agenda.
Do Obama cabinet picks match his greener second-term talk?

President Obama nominated new leaders for the Department of Energy and the EPA Monday. Environmentalists like one of them, energy-industry advocates like the other.
Does Keystone XL report let Obama off the hook on climate pledge?

The State Department report on the Keystone XL pipeline does not oppose it on environmental grounds. Critics say this allows Obama to back away from his pledge to combat climate change.
Global News Blog Friends forever: Rodman warms to North Korean dictator (+video)

Former NBA bad boy Dennis Rodman declared North Korean leader Kim Jong-un his 'friend for life' after watching the Harlem Globetrotters in the isolated country today.
Energy Voices Using oil to get off of oil

Governments should encourage domestic drilling to meet our energy needs in the short-term, Rapier writes, while using the royalties and tax revenues to fund programs that reduce dependence on oil.
Backchannels Hamid Karzai is mad as heck and he isn't going to take it anymore

Afghan President Hamid Karzai would like to make it very clear that he doesn't like the US, his principal protector and patron.
Domenici acknowledges secret son

Former Sen. Pete Domenici, a New Mexico Republican, made public a long held secret on Wednesday. He fathered a child outside of marriage in the 1970s. The former politician, now 80, was the longest serving senator in the state's history and known as a family man.
Decoder Wire One casualty of the sequester? Obama's entire legislative agenda.

The across-the-board cuts scheduled to take place at the end of next week would make most of President Obama's second-term priorities even harder, if not impossible, to achieve.
Closing education achievement gap: blue-ribbon panel offers blueprint

Better teacher training, accessible early-childhood education, and school-finance reform are key components to closing the achievement gap between minority and white students, says a report.
New Simpson-Bowles plan: how it envisions a sustainable fiscal path for US

The proposals by former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles and former Sen. Alan Simpson would supplant the 'sequester,' among other things.
Behind the maneuvering over immigration, both parties look for advantage

The White House has floated a plan that would allow illegal immigrants to become permanent residents of the United States, putting them on a path to eventual citizenship. Republicans aren't happy, but they're under pressure to back comprehensive immigration reform.
Gun control alone isn’t enough to halt violence, Obama says in Chicago

Visiting a Chicago neighborhood he represented as a state legislator, Obama said violence is about more than gun control, 'It's also an issue of the kinds of communities that we're building.'