The funerals begin: Newtown buries first two 6-year-olds from Sandy Hook

(Washington Times -  Ben Wolfgang) *Lead Story*

Hawaii Sen. Inouye dead at 88

(The Hill – Jonathan Easley) *Must Read*

DOJ: Murders of School-Age Children Down 42%; Only 1% Take Place at School

(CNS News – Terence P. Jeffrey)

Bank of America CEO wants slow unwind of Fannie & Freddie

(Washington Examiner – Timothy P. Carney)

U.N. summit’s meltdown ignites new Internet Cold War

(CNET – Declan McCullagh)

Govt Offering $378,000 to Teach Chinese Firms U.S. Shale Gas ‘Technologies’

(Breitbart – Wynton Hall) *Must Read*

America’s First Big Digital Defeat

(Wall Street Journal – L. Gordon Crovitz)

CNN’s O’Brien Urges Obama to “Track” People and Firearms

(Accuracy in Media – Cliff Kincaid)

First Photo of Marine Jailed in Mexico Sent to Family From Anonymous Mexican Email Account

(The Blaze – Jason Howerton)

Until U.S. Understands Police Limitations, Some Will Put Faith in Gun Control

(PJ Media – Mike McDaniel)

Bailed-out GM owns stake in French car company with ties to Iran

(Washington Free Beacon – Adam Kredo)

Gingrich to GOP: Go home, let Democrats take the blame

(Human Events – Audrey Hudson)

State Dept: Clinton may be up for testifying on Benghazi, in the future

(Hot Air – Erika Johnsen)

Your Cellphone Is Spying on You

(Reason – Ronald Bailey)

They Never Say “Tax the Successful”

(Townhall – Kevin Glass)

Depending on Energy, Not Energy Independent

(The American – Kenneth P. Green)

Laws and More Laws

(American Spectator – Peter Hannaford)

China’s Recent Trade Statistics Have Been Artificially Inflated

(Forbes – Gordon G. Chang)

In Wake of Conn. School Shooting, GMA Pushes for Greater Gun Control

(NewsBusters – Jeffrey Meyer)

Promises Will be Broken

(Daily Reckoning – Bill Bonner)

Fracking Boom Is Dollar Boon in Energy Independence: Currencies

(Bloomberg – Allison Bennett and Emma Charlton) *Must Read*

Nikki Haley on appointing Tim Scott: ‘He earned this seat’

(Daily Caller – Alex Pappas)

US falls out of top 10 most prosperous nations

(American Thinker – Rick Moran)

Fiscal cliff? No, it’s a tax mountain

(Orange County Register – Rep. Darrell Issa)