London’s subdued nightlife during the games is disappointing athletes.
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Bill Clinton calls Romney’s welfare claims ‘not true’
DES MOINES—Former President Bill Clinton is pushing back against Mitt Romney’s claim that President Barack Obama is trying to reverse bipartisan welfare reforms he signed into law in 1996. In a television ad released Tuesday and later at an event outside Chicago, Romney criticized a recent Department of Human Services directive that relaxed federal work […]
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Sandra Fluke to campaign with Obama
The student famously insulted by Rush Limbaugh will introduce Obama at an event in Denver.
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Lawyer-Turned-Novelist Makes It Up as She Goes
Since leaving her career as a criminal defense lawyer a decade ago, Rebecca Stead has penned three children’s books brimming with imagination.
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Race may play significant role in presidential election, survey finds
Voters’ racial attitudes, both conscious and unconscious, may be a significant factor in this year’s U.S. presidential election, particularly since whites tend to prefer people of their own race, according to new research.
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Veep Sheet: Ryan rising?
Chatter about potential running mates intensifies.
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Trump: I’m wanted at convention
“I know they want me to,” he says when asked if he planned on speaking at the convention in Tampa.
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Levi Johnston seeks full custody
Bristol Palin’s ex-boyfriend says he’s “disgusted” by what he sees on her reality show.
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A Fond Farewell to Robert Venturi, the Architect Who Taught Us to Stop Worrying and Love Las Vegas
Bourne Again
How “The Bourne Legacy” plotted the handoff from Matt Damon to Jeremy Renner.
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