By Dana Bash, Jessica Yellin and Tom Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama will unveil Wednesday a package of gun control proposals that, according to a source, will include universal background checks and bans on assault weapons and… more »

UK Daily Mail By Toby Harnden Al Cardenas, head of the American Conservative Union, has said that Republican turmoil might lead to a brokered convention in which Jeb Bush, former Florida governor, would emerge as a “possible alternative” party nomine… more »

NY Post By CYNTHIA R. FAGEN It was a chilling insight. When the president wasn’t keeping the world from descending into war, there was plenty of wild partying. One instance was a raucous Hollywood bash at Bing Crosby’s desert ranch. “I was sitt… more »

By Owen Jarus | LiveScience.com The Dead Sea Scrolls may have been written, at least in part, by a sectarian group called the Essenes, according to nearly 200 textiles discovered in caves at Qumran, in the West Bank, where the religious texts had been… more »

Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Those who planned the secret mission to get Usama bin Laden in Pakistan knew it was a one-shot deal, and it nearly went terribly wrong.The U.S. deliberately hid the operation from Pakistan, and predicted that national ou… more »