A.M. Links: Paul Wins CPAC Straw Poll, Markets Fall Amid Cyprus Bailout Plans, Defense Distributed Gets License to Make Guns
- Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) won the CPAC straw poll. The Executive Director of the National Jewish Democratic Council has said that Jews should be worried by the result.
- Markets have not reacted well to a possible bailout for Cyprus. The European Union and the International Monetary Fund want Cypriots to pay a levy in return for a $13 billion bailout.
- Defense Distributed, the 3D gun printing project, has been granted a license to manufacture firearms.
- The D.C. Public Charter School Board is urging charter schools to eliminate their "zero tolerance" policies in order to reduce the number of expulsions and suspensions.
- An ABC News/Washington Post poll shows that while a majority of Americans are more sympathetic to Israel over Palestine a greater majority want the two parties to sort out the conflict without American interference.
- Four New York men are set to begin a trial today which will examine the NYPD's controversial "Stop and Frisk" tactic.
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