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State Police Want $2.6 Million to Deal With Connecticut Gun Law RequirementsPatch.comSince the shootings in Newtown state police have been swamped with applications for background checks on new pistol permits. Posted by Ellyn Santiago (Editor), May 20, 2013 at 08:46 am. Comment Recommend. Flag as Inappropriate. Credit: Getty Images Connecticut police, retailers feeling effects of new gun lawGOPUSAall 3 news articles »

Dan Pfeiffer, a Senior Adviser to the president for strategy and communications, did all the Sunday shows last week, in an effort to address the troika of scandals that Washington is currently fixated on. It was probably the best thing the White House could've done, on a morning when those shows were inevitably going to be full of gleeful piling on. It was also just adding fuel to the fire. The political press is in scandal coverage mode and as long as Congress plays along nothing can shut the machine off until each scandal runs its course.Let's recap the scandals, in case you have been too busy having message board debates about Star Trek or deciphering new Kanye lyrics to pay attention:1. Benghazi. Republicans insist the White House did something evil and incomprehensible involving talking points following the September 11, 2012 attack on the American consulate in the Lybian city. Recently, the White House released an email chain showing the process of drafting and revising the talking points. 2. The IRS. The IRS reportedly targeted conservative nonprofits for extra scrutiny of their tax-exempt status. 3. The Associated Press. The Justice Department sought access to, and received, a massive trove of phone data of AP journalists, as part of its investigation into a leak.Continue Reading

Daily Kos Radio's Kagro in the Morning show podcasts are now available through iTunes. I forgot to look at the world and see what happened this weekend, but my guess is that we had it right last week, and the Sunday shows pretended that the political world froze somewhere around Wednesday. I dunno. Greg will tell me. I'm sure the news will occupy us, and there's always a backlog of wacky stories to go to in case the Internets break or all the newspaper people get abducted by aliens. In fact, it sounds like Virginia Republicans might've just nominated an alien for Lieutenant Governor. I bet there's some good air time in that story. We'll find some good ways to pass the day, while we all pretend to do work this week while we wait for Memorial Day weekend. We're LIVE at 9 a.m. ET with Kagro in the Morning, thanks to NetrootsRadio.com. Listen LIVE here:The Daily Kos Radio Player Can't see the Flash player? Click here to download the stream directly. Or if you prefer, why not download the Stitcher app on your favorite mobile device, and search for the Netroots Radio live stream? And hey, when you do, be sure to sign up with the promo code DAILYKOS, and earn Daily Kos Radio $1 in the Stitcher affiliate program! Please do remember to "favorite" us while you're at Stitcher. We're bouncing up and down in the rankings these days, and the more of you who help us, the more listeners out there who'll find us on the Stitcher network. Miss the last show? You can catch it here: Need more info on how to listen? Find it below the fold.

Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced Monday represents Mayer's boldest move yet since she left Google 10 months ago to lead Yahoo's latest comeback attempt. It marks Yahoo's most expensive acquisition since the Sunnyvale, Calif., company bought Overture for $1.3 billion a decade ago. Tumblr now figures to play a pivotal role in Mayer's attempt to reshape Yahoo Inc. Mayer is betting that Tumblr, a 6-year-old service started by high school dropout David Karp, will provide Yahoo with a hook to reel in more traffic and advertisers on smartphones and tablets. The companies say Tumblr will remain independently operated and Karp will stay CEO. Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.    

Years before a Las Vegas psychiatric hospital bused a homeless, schizophrenic man to Sacramento without arranging contacts or a plan for care, a different hospital ditched Gabino Olvera on Skid Row in Los Angeles. A view of Los Angeles' Skid Row, near where the Rawson-Neal facility in Las Vegas has bused about 150 patients.