Massachusetts junk food ban could take bite out of school fundraisers

(Boston Herald – Laurel J. Sweet and Chris Cassidy) *Lead Story*

CIA Thwarts Another Al-Qaida Underwear Bomb Plot

(The Blaze – Mytheos Holt) *Must Read*

Deficit streak ends: Obama sees first monthly surplus

(Washington Times – Stephen Dinan)

April’s Awful Jobs Report

(PJ Media – Tom Blumer)

Number of PhDs receiving federal aid more than tripled from 2007 to 2010

(Daily Caller – Alexis Levinson)

Mining permit backlog leaves U.S. dependent on China for widely used rare minerals

(Human Events – Audrey Hudson)

Sierra Club goes after natural gas

(The American – Kenneth P. Green)

Fox News Won’t Fire Black Racist Commentator

(Accuracy in Media – Cliff Kincaid)

L.A. council moves ahead on ban of paper and plastic bags

(Los Angeles Times -  David Zahniser)

Why the Common Core is Bad for America

(Washington Policy Center – Jonathon Butcher, Emmett McGroarty, and Liv Finne)

Vote in French presidential election should be a warning for America

(The Hill – Judd Gregg)

Michelle Obama’s Food Desert Plan Yields Few New Stores: Retail

(Bloomberg – Leslie Patton)

Why Even The NRA Is Blitzing Sen. Richard Lugar

(Forbes – Frank Miniter) *Must Read*

Losing Arguments, Are free market ideas beating a retreat?

(Reason Magazine – Matt Welch)

Why Ron Paul’s big wins in Maine and Nevada matter

(Christian Science Monitor – Peter Grier)

Limbaugh Asks: Will Liberal Media Try to Ban Football?

(NewsBusters – Matthew Sheffield)

Obama’s less-than-stellar kickoff

(Washington Post – Jennifer Rubin)

Congress Funds Killer Drones the Air Force Says It Can’t Handle

(Wired – Spencer Ackerman)

Global warming crusaders lose steam, tempers

(Washington Examiner – Matt Patterson)

Top Obama aide calls Rove, Koch Brothers ‘contract killers’

(Washington Free Beacon – Andrew Stiles) *Must Read*

Club for Growth, Heritage Action Oppose Ex-Im Bank Bill

(Newsmax – Dan Weil)