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Sunday morning’s talking heads political programming became flooded with the 2012 election topic du jour, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s choice of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his Vice Presidential candidate. All agreed the selection signaled the 2012 election will be a big-picture battle over the role of government in the populace’s life.

By nominating Ryan, Romney goes from an overly cautious focus on the economy to a broader statement about the size and role of government.

U.S. President Barack Obama is going to make it rain money to ensure the nation's livestock get enough water and to fight rising food prices during one of the country's worst droughts in half a century.

Romney supporters were to download an app called Mitt's VP, which promised they would be the first to know of his running mate. So on Friday night, who was the first to break the news of Mitt Romney's VP? Well, whoever it was, it wasn't the Romney campaign.

Wade Michael Page, the 40-year-old alleged killer, had been involved with white-supremacist hate groups for at least a decade. His arms and torso were swaddled with tattoos, many containing racist and neo-Nazi symbolism. He played bass in a white-power hardcore band called End Apathy. He was angry, frustrated, disillusioned. He was also a skinhead -- but that almost goes without saying.

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney selected Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice presidential running mate Saturday, and while the fresh-faced number-two man can be a divisive figure, he has some positions that conservative Americans, as well as some moderates and liberals, may love.

Four days after NASA's Curiosity rover successfully landed on Mars, the one-ton robot sent another postcard back to Earth on Thursday, this one a 360-degree doozy.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney introduced Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate Saturday.

Chinese conglomerate Wanxiang Qianchao Co. (Shanghai: 000559) is offering a $450 million lifeline to struggling battery manufacturer A123 Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: AONE), but the deal is facing right-wing opposition in the U.S.

A conservative group known as Jews and Christians Together believes presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney shouldn't make it to November, and it is urging Tampa delegates to dump him if they want a Republican to win.

So far, the Republican presidential nominee has not responded to the invitation.

Would the expressions of grief be as widespread and deep if neo-Nazi Wade Michael Page had shot up a camp filled with illegal aliens from Mexico?

A few months after President Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage, the Democratic Party seems prepared to fully support marriage equality in the election.

American gymnast McKayla Maroney has perhaps gained more notoriety than medals at the London Games. To her gold and silver medals, the most popular Internet meme online and a call from the president. Maroney can now add teaching one of George Bush’s daughters how to do the Dougie during a tour of London.

Unlike the FEC, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is making moves to uncover the financial sources of several dark money groups.

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Militant spokesman said leaders are meeting to decide whether the man they consider a kafir (infidel) would be allowed to lead an anti-drone-attack march of thousands in Waziristan unmolested in September.

Usher has repeatedly battled rumors that he is dead, but all signs point to the singer still being alive despite the newest round of rumors about his passing, which come just weeks after his stepson died in a jetski accident.

The Internet erupted Wednesday with rumors that actress Reese Witherspoon was dead after being stabbed, but it appears that the reports of her death were greatly exaggerated.

The mainstream news media can’t stop obsessing over Mitt Romney’s tax returns. “Will he or won’t he release them?” they keep asking. What terrible secrets are hidden among Romney’s mortgage interest deductions and depreciation write-offs?

President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney have stepped up their attacks on each other in recent days, with Obama calling Romney's tax plan "Robin Hood in reverse" and the former Massachusetts governor saying the president's characterization was "Obamaloney."