WHITE HOUSE

Last winter, President Barack Obama, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and a small posse of White House officials made a big show as they swept through Northeast Ohio to kick off their Startup America initiative that promised to help seed new ventures and create jobs. Eight months later, Ray Leach is still waiting.

In the latest Bloomberg News Poll on the 2012 election, Republican and Republican-leaning Independent voters favor Texas Gov. Rick Perry over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, but in the poll's entire sample, the public still favors President Barack Obama over any GOP nominee.

NASA is all set to come up with a $30 billion rocket that will eventually carry astronauts to the Mars, said the agency on Wednesday.

Well, Michaele Salahi is not kidnapped as claimed by her husband Tareq Salahi. A new report says she is shaking legs with her boyfriend who is none other than Neal Schon, the lead guitarist for the band Journey.

The former Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, who is expected to make an entry next year into the Republican race for 2012, is facing politically devastating allegations about her past. A new book, The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin, authored by Joe McGinniss, alleges that Palin used cocaine and marijuana, had a one-night stand with NBA star Glen Rice and had a long term affair with one of her husband's former business associates.

Are they up to their old tricks again?

In a joint press release, two U.S. Senators accused the Obama administration of inflating the projected costs for NASA's Space Launch System in an attempt to kill development of the program.

Two people were murdered in Mexico for what they said on Twitter. It is a shocking crime, but not the first time such an event has happened.

The Salahis have a history of publicity stunts

Tapes of Jackie Kennedy show her real thoughts.

White House probed for a questionable loan guarantee given to the failed solar energy firm

With U.S. job creation a paramount concern for voters, President Barack Obama is hoping that Republicans will feel the pressure from their constituents to approve his newly unveiled American Jobs Act.

The late, former first lady gave a series of candid interviews four month after John F. Kennedy's death

On Wednesday, Facebook unveiled smart lists, an new, optional feature where lists are customizable, the same day the company's representatives met with D.C. lawmakers to address a privacy issue alarming a number of members of the U.S. Congress - children's online safety.

In the latest Bloomberg National Poll, most Americans say the economy is on the wrong track and they are more-pessimistic about its prospects -- something that doesn't bode well for President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats in the next election, if economic conditions don't improve in the quarters ahead.

One of the most talked about moments of Monday's Republican debate was Ron Paul's response to a question about health insurance and the Tea Party audience's shocking response.

With his approval rating at a term-low 40 percent, President Barack Obama needs several factors to break his way to improve his chance for re-election in 2012 -- the most important of which is job growth.

You know what you do when you're in a race? Go for the top dog. Republican presidential candidates did exactly that in Monday night's CNN/Tea Party debate in Florida. En masse, they gunned for front-runner Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

In U.S. politics, he who wins the verbal war often wins the political war, and with the aforementioned in mind, the Republicans are ahead.

Could Facebook buy Yahoo, effectively killing two birds with one stone? That's a scenario suggested by Reuters financial blog Breakingviews, and it is not out of the question.

President Barack Obama said he plans to offset the $447 billion cost of his new jobs plan by jettisoning tax breaks for wealthy Americans, prefiguring a clash with Republicans who have opposed similar measures in the past.