National: The recently fired head of the IRS was personally audited by an angry Congressional committee over the agency’s special attention to conservative political groups. But Steven Miller refused to say the audits of groups applying for non-profit status were …

Syria: Russia has sent advanced anti-ship missiles to Syria that could be used to hold off a naval blockade of the embattled government. This underlines Russian commitment to the Syrian regime and illustrates why it is difficult for the US …

Scandalville: The President fired the acting IRS commissioner over the scandal about targeting conservative non-profit political groups. Steven Miller knew about inappropriate audits last fall and didn’t tell the administration. In a brief speech to the press, President Obama said, …

National: Russia detained a CIA officer they claim is a spy caught in the act of trying to flip a Russian operative. When he was arrested Ryan Fogle was wearing a blonde wig with a baseball cap and carried a …

Angelina: Actress Angelina Jolie announced in a NY Times opinion piece that she quietly had a double mastectomy because she has a high genetic risk of breast cancer. Her mother died of cancer. Jolie went through three months of procedures, …

Babs Retiring: Barbara Walters, a television fixture for 50 years, is expected to announce today on her show “The View” that she is retiring in a year. The 83-year-old Walters started at a time when women fetched the coffee and …

World: Pakistan is on the brink of its first peaceful and democratic turnover of government. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was once deposed and exiled by the military, appears to have won enough votes to form a new government. …

Breathe: The level of heat-trapping, climate-changing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is at the highest levels in 2-3 million years, scientists reported yesterday. The amount of CO2 in the air is 400 parts per million, a milestone and an indicator …

1776: To the cheers of construction workers and spectators, the spire was set this morning on the new One World Trade Center building, bringing the height to a symbolic 1776 feet. The spire itself is 408 feet, weighs 758 tons, …

Give Me Liberty: The long lurid trial of 32-year-old Jodi Arias, a California photographer, ended in Phoenix with a 1st degree murder conviction for killing her ex boyfriend. Evidence included naked photos of the defendant and a one-hour recording of …