Obama Not Dealing With Entitlement Spending in Budget, FCC Backs Off Newsroom Study, For Now, Utah and Colorado Looking to Raise Minimum Smoking Age: P.M. Links

President Obama will be
dropping any attempt at controlling the growth of entitlement
spending from his proposed 2015 budget.
The Federal Communications Commission is temporarily
suspending a planned newsroom study, so it can be
“corrected” to alleviate concerns.
Ted Nugent said he was
apologizing for calling President Obama a “sub-human mongrel,”
but not to the president but “on behalf of much better men than”
himself.
Detroit’s
filed a debt restructuring plan that includes cuts to what it
owes to pensioners and creditors.
Utah and Colorado are
moving forward on proposals to raise the smoking age to
21.
The Ukrainian parliament
approved a new constitution, part of a deal struck between the
government and opposition to end months-long street
demonstrations.
Venezuela
sent paratroopers into the border town of San Cristobal to
crack down on protesters and “restore order.”