Sens. Joe Manchin, Pat Toomey roll out background-check compromise on guns

(Washington Times – David Sherfinski) *Lead Story*

Rand Paul at Howard: reject ‘caricature’ of GOP

(Daily Caller – Alexis Levinson) *Must Read*

Obama Targets Retirement Savings in Budget Proposal

(CNS News – Fred Lucas)

IRS claims it can read your e-mail without a warrant

(CNET – Declan McCullagh)

Obama Makes Budget Gamble

(Wall Street Journal – Damian Paletta)

A Taste for the Refined in North Dakota

(American Interest – Walter Russell Mead)

Bipartisan lawmakers: Time to scrap some of this ethanol-mandate ridiculousness, no?

(Hot Air – Erika Johnsen)

Reconstruction funds wasted, stolen in war-torn nation

(Hot Air – Adam Kredo)

FCC Chairman Wannabe Stars at Left-wing Conference

(Accuracy in Media – Cliff Kincaid)

Bad Guy Insurance

(Calgunlaws.com – C.D. Michel)

California Bill Could Shut Down Small Restaurants

(Breitbart – Warner Todd Huston) *Must Read*

Survey of More Than 15,000 Cops Finds Most of Them Oppose More Gun Control

(Reason – Mike Riggs)

Schumer’s GOP Negotiating Partner Calls Toomey-Manchin Gun Plan ‘Unworkable’

(PJ Media – Bridget Johnson)

Why is a conservative group opposing spending cuts?

(Washington Examiner – Timothy P. Carney)

Pentagon warns North Korea: You are ‘very close to a dangerous line’

(Christian Science Monitor – Anna Mulrine)

Critics Pan Yet Another MSNBC Promo with Harris-Perry: You Have ‘Right’ to Health Care, Decent Housing, and ‘Quality Food at All Times’

(The Blaze – Erica Ritz)

Basic Competencies and The MOOC Surge

(Family Security Matters – Herbert London)

Mathematician: US may be in prerevolutionary state, nearing upswing in social violence

(AEI Ideas – James Pethokoukis)

Obamacare Exchanges Costs Double: $4.4 Billion

(Newsmax – Paul Scicchitano) *Must Read*

Redundant Government Programs Contribute to Wasteful Spending

(Townhall – Dalton Vogler)

Is global warming a hoax?

(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Jack Kelly)