By Rand Paul
Obama acts as though we no longer have a Constitution
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Troops serving in Afghanistan go for months without the comforts of home and seeing loved ones regularly -- something that can be felt more deeply on Mother's Day.
Lined up in front of their dugouts, all wearing No. 42 on Jackie Robinson Day, the Washington Nationals and Miami Marlins stood for a moment of silence to honor bombing victims at the Boston Marathon.
Lined up in front of their dugouts, all wearing No. 42 on Jackie Robinson Day, the Washington Nationals and Miami Marlins stood for a moment of silence to honor bombing victims at the Boston Marathon.

First lady Michelle Obama told students Tuesday that she got "mad" watching a movie about the racism endured by baseball legend Jackie Robinson and his wife, Rachel.
Hollywood's glitziest night is under way as Academy Awards nominees in their finest gowns and tuxes hit the red carpet for Sunday's show, with nominees Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams and Charlize Theron among the more statuesque arrivals.
Becoming a parent means making the conscious decision to place someone else's welfare ahead of your own desires. Once we make that commitment, real life demands that we adapt and "flex" as needed to fulfill that larger purpose of raising children who will grow into men and women of character.
The Navy Reserve welcomed its first female commander in a ceremony Monday afternoon in Washington, D.C.

The lawyer for a wealthy heiress who provided secret payments intended to help John Edwards testified Friday that the former presidential candidate acknowledged the money had been given for his benefit.
Andy Griffith always saved room for Aunt Bee's rhubarb pie. The Brady bunch couldn't wait for Alice's meatloaf. It's not Sunday in Tony Soprano's house without gravy. And everyone knows that Don Draper enjoys an old fashioned now and then.
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the U.S. government to pay $17.8 million to a family that lost four members when a Marine Corps fighter jet crashed into their San Diego home in 2008.
A Utah extermination company and one of its former employees pleaded guilty Tuesday to reduced federal charges stemming from the misapplication of a pesticide that may have contributed to the deaths of two young girls.

There is an unassuming grace about "50/50" that sneaks up on you and rescues the movie from the genre-splicing sentimentality that threatens to turn this mortality comedy into a maudlin farce.
Mercedes-Benz hooked Steve Meima at the tender age of 8.
A quaint Montreal home that served as a sanctuary to Jackie Robinson and his wife while he advanced toward breaking down baseball's color barrier is being recognized by the U.S. government.

When making the case over the weekend for his proposed fiscal 2012 budget, President Obama mentioned a letter he had received from Brenda Breece, a special-education teacher from Missouri. Her husband, David, had to take early retirement when the local Chrysler plant closed, so he's making just half of what he was. Also, school budget cuts left Brenda paying for her students' school supplies out of her own pocket.
"It's not going to be too over the top," said MacFarlane's sister Rachel of her sibling's gig.
"Painting or seeing her psychiatrist," says Rachel, who describes herself as grateful for her "Dickensian childhood."