Poll: Majority wanted background checks to pass Senate
(CNN) - Nearly two-thirds of Americans say that the Senate should have passed a bill that would have expanded background checks for gun sales, according to a new national poll.
But the survey, released Monday by Gallup, indicates a partisan divide, with Democrats and independent voters not seeing eye-to-eye with Republicans.
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Transportation pick would add to Cabinet diversity
(CNN) – If President Barack Obama still needed a reminder that diversity within his second term Cabinet was a contentious issue, he got one Saturday night.
"Mr. President, your hair is so white it can be a member of your Cabinet," jabbed Conan O'Brien at the annual correspondents' dinner in Washington, drawing laughs and some loud "ooos" from the crowd of political insiders.
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Spending cut bright spot: Fewer IRS audits
New York (CNNMoney) - Thanks to the government's spending cuts, you may have a smaller chance of being audited this year.
The cuts, known as the sequester, will wipe $600 million from the IRS's budget this year, forcing the agency's nearly 100,000 employees to be furloughed without pay for up to seven days.
The Mississippi ricin case - a web of small-town intrigue
Oxford, Mississippi (CNN) - Was it a tiff between an Elvis impersonator and a martial arts instructor in the birthplace of the King that caused headlines around the world?
We may find out Monday when a former tae kwon do instructor from Tupelo, Mississippi, appears in court, accused of sending ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and others.
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CNN: Bomb targets Syria's PM – but he's unhurt
A bomb apparently targeting Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi went off Monday in a Damascus neighborhood - but the prime minister was unharmed. Both Syrian state television and the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the incident. One person was killed in the attack, the observatory said.
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CNN: From dorm to prison cell: Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's new digs
Less than two weeks after he partied with classmates in a college dorm, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev now lives in drastically different surroundings. The 19-year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect is locked inside a 10-by-10-foot cell with a steel door, a slot for food and an observation window, a prison spokesman said Sunday. Tsarnaev is able to speak and has been interacting with staff at the Federal Medical Center Devens, spokesman John Colautti said.
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