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Fox News: A man given seven years in prison after being found with two guns he purchased legally in Colorado has had his sentence commuted, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Monday. The case of Brian Aitken, 27, had become a cause célèbre among gun-rights advocates. On Jan. 2, 2009, Aitken, an entrepreneur and media [...]

The Hill: Senate Democrats appear to have the nine Republican votes they need to ratify the New START nuclear treaty this week and give President Obama his third major victory of the lame-duck session. Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) told reporters Monday afternoon that he would vote to ratify the treaty and also support a motion [...]

Wall Street Journal: WASHINGTON—A Senate deal to fund the federal government until early March doesn’t include money to enact the health-care overhaul or stepped up regulation of Wall Street, boosting Republican efforts to curb key elements of President Barack Obama’s domestic agenda. Democrats last week sought $1 billion to expand federal agencies to cope with [...]

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WASHINGTON (AP) – If government estimates hold true, the closely watched 2010 census will show America’s once-torrid population growth dropping to its lowest level in seven decades. In Congress, the steady migration to the South and West should be a boon for Republicans, with GOP-leaning states led by Texas picking up House seats. The Census [...]

Boston Celtics player Shaquille O’Neal conducted the Boston Pops Orchestra during a concert Monday night at Symphony Hall in Boston. (Dec. 21)

From left, Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.) talk to reporters after a closed session on the New START treaty. Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Washington — The upcoming Senate vote on a U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty may turn out to be a defining moment for the Obama administration’s foreign [...]

National Journal: One of Pres. Obama’s biggest supporters in the Senate in the past week is not even a member of his own party: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). Murkowski supported the president’s position on the Senate’s four biggest votes since last Wednesday. She and fellow Alaska Sen. Mark Begich (D) voted in favor of the [...]

New York (AP) – The covert U.S. campaign of drone attacks on terror suspects in Pakistan is one of the worst kept secrets in international diplomacy. Now, U.S. military leaders reportedly are asking for an even greater presence in the country. American forces are pushing to expand special operations raids into tribal areas of neighboring [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Before too long, the government check will no longer be in the mail. Officials have settled on the dates when millions of people will no longer be able to get their Social Security and other benefit checks by mail. New recipients of benefits will have to accept paperless payments starting on May [...]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Brazilian authorities say a bridegroom fatally shot his new wife, his best man and then himself after announcing to horrified guests that he had a “surprise” for them. Police investigator Joao Brito says witnesses told officers that 29-year-old sales manager Rogerio Damascena did not give any previous indication that anything [...]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Bundled up on the sideline in a heavy, gray coat, Brett Favre could only watch as Devin Hester and the Chicago Bears sped through the snow to the NFC North title. Favre’s surprise start ended with a concussion, perhaps putting him out for good, and the Bears spoiled Minnesota’s first outdoor home [...]