2012-05-16 17:20:35
A threat that's been hanging over the economy is starting to look a lot less menacing.
Oil and gasoline prices are sinking, giving relief to businesses and consumers who a few weeks ago seemed about to face the highest fuel prices ever.
Presid......
2012-05-16 16:40:53
Franciscan University in Ohio drops student health insurance over contraception coverage
A Roman Catholic university in eastern Ohio says it will drop student health insurance partly because of a new federal health care rule requiring religious-affiliated institu......
2012-05-16 16:24:36
President Barack Obama has awarded an Army soldier the Medal of Honor 42 years after the rifleman was killed during a Vietnam-era clash in Cambodia.
Obama presented the medal Wednesday to the widow of Spec. Leslie H. Sabo Jr. in the East Room. He said the young s......
2012-05-16 16:18:43
Mitt Romney is trying harder than ever these days to stay on script -- and keep his traveling national press corps at arms' length.
The latest clash came Wednesday when aides to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee blocked the reporters who cover Romne......
2012-05-16 17:43:24
Vice President Joe Biden, campaigning in Democratic territory with high unemployment, went after Republican Mitt Romney's business background Wednesday and cast him as a corporate raider more interested in profits than people.
Biden said the former businessman fa......
2012-05-16 16:14:09
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack sought Wednesday to raise the profile of agricultural research at universities like Penn State as Congress begins the arduous task of renewing the farm bill.
Penn State leads more than 65 federal research grants totaling mor......
2012-05-16 15:38:07
Don't bet on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney winning his home state or even trying.
"That's not been a topic of discussion," Romney campaign adviser Kevin Madden said when asked if the former Massachusetts governor would compete in the hea......
2012-05-16 15:26:02
An independent group favoring Republican Mitt Romney is launching a $25 million, monthlong advertising campaign against President Barack Obama in 10 states, further escalating an expensive TV ad war in presidential battleground states less than six months before Election Day.
......
2012-05-16 12:14:48
An International Monetary Fund official on Wednesday said the eurozone's third-largest economy is "on the right track" and has made notable progress in the six months since Premier Mario Monti took over.
An IMF review of Italy found its reform measures ......
2012-05-16 08:51:24
After months of silence, George W. Bush finally weighed on the presidential race -- with four short words.
"I'm for Mitt Romney," the former president said Tuesday in Washington as the doors of his elevator shut, perhaps his only public statement on the......
2012-05-16 06:58:28
After an improbable Nebraska primary victory, state Sen. Deb Fischer has emerged from relative obscurity to take the mantle as one of the GOP's best hopes for picking up a U.S. Senate seat -- though she'll have to beat a famous Democratic politician to do it -- popular former Sen. B......
2012-05-16 01:25:47
Australia will contribute $100 million annually for three years beginning in 2015 toward the $4 billion a year cost of running the Afghan National Security Forces after they take responsibility for their country's security.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Defens......
2012-05-15 23:14:45
PALLAVI GOGOI,Associated PressTAMARA LUSH,Associated Press
The CEO of JPMorgan Chase offered a quick but blunt apology to shareholders Tuesday for a $2 billion trading loss that "should never have happened" and survived a push to strip him of the title of chairman of the board.
CEO Jamie Dimon, who in recent ye......
2012-05-15 21:13:11
Defense teams in the Sept. 11 case at Guantanamo are asking a military judge to order senior U.S. government officials to testify at the U.S. base in Cuba as part of a motion to dismiss charges, a lawyer for one of the defendants said Tuesday.
The motion to dismi......
2012-05-15 21:08:38
CHRIS BRUMMITT,Associated PressSLOBODAN LEKIC,Associated Press
NATO on Tuesday invited Pakistan's president to the upcoming Chicago summit on Afghanistan, the strongest sign yet that Islamabad is ready to reopen its western border to U.S. and NATO military supplies heading to the war in the neighboring country.
President Asi......
2012-05-15 20:04:31
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday painted President Barack Obama as a reckless steward of the country's economy and, as proof, pointed to "a financial crisis of debt and spending that threatens what it means to be an American."
Th......
2012-05-15 20:03:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
Last week, North Carolinians approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting gay marriage.
Because gay marriage already was illegal there, all the vote proved is that, by incorporating discrimination into its Constitution, North Carolina still clings to its antebellum roots.
On th......
2012-05-15 17:48:05
Ohio's Republican governor signed legislation Tuesday to get rid of a contentious new election law that Democrats and others have been trying to get voters in the presidential battleground state to overturn.
The law would shrink early voting opportunities, among ......
2012-05-15 17:41:07
'PILING ON' AGAINST JANE ORIE IS CORRECT ON TAXPAYERS' BEHALF
A professor of law at the University of Pittsburgh characterizes it as "piling on," but prosecutors' attempt to force convicted state Sen. Jane Orie to repay more than $1.5 million in legal f......
2012-05-15 14:43:58
President Barack Obama's shift to support gay marriage is energizing young Hispanic voters who have been working side-by-side with gay activists in their push for immigration reform. The alliance has been growing nationwide and helping dispel what many say is an outdated notion that......
2012-05-15 14:37:12
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, a Republican often mentioned as a potential vice presidential candidate but who repeatedly has denied interest, has criticized fellow Republican Mitt Romney's stance on immigration.
Martinez questioned the likely GOP presidential ......
2012-05-15 14:01:59
Pakistan's top military and civilian body has indicated that the country will soon reopen NATO and U.S. supply lines to Afghanistan but stopped short of calling for an immediate end to the war blockade.
The Cabinet's defense committee urged Pakistani negotiators ......
2012-05-15 13:50:34
President Barack Obama can hold his own when it comes to pop culture: He's up on "The Avengers" superheroes, has a handle on the Kardashians and says he catches up with TV hits during long flights on Air Force One. But the president punted to wife Michelle when he was aske......
2012-05-15 13:34:48
Francois Hollande campaigned for the French presidency with some pretty radical promises. But his carefully worded agenda and his political record suggest as president he's likely to revert to the moderate consensus-building that has characterized his career.
Her......
2012-05-15 12:19:25
Francois Hollande walked up the steps of the Elysee Palace in Paris and walked out Tuesday as France's first Socialist president since 1995, taking the helm of a country worried about Europe's future and pledging to make it a fairer place.
The 57-year-old rode to......
2012-05-15 10:19:21
IVAN MORENO,Associated PressKRISTEN WYATT,Associated Press
Gay couples who watched as Colorado lawmakers rejected a civil unions measure are taking comfort in the bill sponsor's mantra: It's not a matter of if, but a matter of when civil unions become law.
The most emotional issue -- some call it divisive -- at the Legis......
2012-05-15 07:32:36
A super PAC supporting President Barack Obama is airing a new ad in five states questioning Republican Mitt Romney's commitment to workers.
Priorities USA Action is airing the ad in Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. It comes a day after the Obam......
2012-05-15 07:24:25
Uganda may give amnesty to a top Joseph Kony associate arrested last week, a government official said, in an arrangement that would disappoint activists who want Caesar Acellam tried for Lord's Resistance Army atrocities.
Defense Minister Crispus Kiyonga said lat......
2012-05-15 06:53:52
The design for a statue of Boston Celtics great Bill Russell has been unveiled.
The statue scheduled to be placed on City Hall Plaza next year will feature Russell in uniform with his arm around a youth, reflecting his dedication to mentoring youngsters.
......
2012-05-14 23:25:56
IVAN MORENO,Associated PressKRISTEN WYATT,Associated Press
A last-ditch effort by Colorado's governor to give gay couples in the state rights similar to married couples failed Monday after Republicans rejected the proposal during a special legislative session.
Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper had said the special sessio......
2012-05-14 21:18:05
President Barack Obama on Monday defended his view that gay couples should have the right to marry, saying that the country has never gone wrong when it "expanded rights and responsibilities to everybody."
"That doesn't weaken families. That streng......
2012-05-14 19:53:25
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon owned up to stock analysts and went on TV to accept blame for a $2 billion trading mistake. Next he faces shareholders, who are considerably less wealthy since the blunder was disclosed.
While Dimon may be greeted by colorful protes......
2012-05-14 19:44:42
President Barack Obama says JPMorgan Chase's $2 billion loss in high-risk trading demonstrates the need for the Wall Street rules that Congress passed two years ago. Many of the rules are still being written and have not taken effect.
Obama says the bank's loss a......
2012-05-14 19:08:54
President Barack Obama tried Monday to tarnish Mitt Romney as a corporate titan who got rich by cutting rather than creating jobs, opening a new effort to undercut the Republican's claims that his background of business success is just what America needs in a time of deep economic u......
2012-05-14 18:26:47
Rhode Island's governor on Monday declared that the state will recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, giving gay couples the same rights as heterosexual ones when it comes to health insurance and a slew of other benefits.
The order signed by Gov. Linco......
2012-05-14 17:56:20
For two decades, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson has been an outspoken voice for Democrats in her signature bright blazer and multicolored scarf.
Now the first black woman to represent North Texas in Congress faces serious opposition in the May 29 primary election, an......
2012-05-14 17:18:19
Michelle Obama remembers sitting in front of her television many years ago and watching Mary Lou Retton, Nadia Comaneci and Carl Lewis as they competed in the Summer Olympics.
"Like so many others," she said, "I was awed and inspired by those athle......
2012-05-14 14:24:13
Rose Mary Sabo-Brown's "museum" is getting one more piece of hardware.
Brown will accept the Medal of Honor, the nation's higher military decoration, on behalf of her late husband, Spc. Leslie H. Sabo Jr., four decades after he was killed while protecti......
2012-05-14 12:17:05
The White House is confirming that President Barack Obama won't attend a major summit of Asia-Pacific leaders in Russia.
White House press secretary Jay Carney made official Monday what had been assumed for months because the APEC meeting coincides with the Democ......
2012-05-14 11:55:20
Police have arrested several anti-war protesters who rallied outside President Barack Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters in a prelude to much larger demonstrations expected during the upcoming NATO summit.
Protesters at the Monday demonstration organized by a ......
2012-05-14 11:42:38
Will Smith says he supports U.S. President Barack Obama's position on gay marriage.
The Hollywood actor says the question of whether gay people should be allowed to legally marry is "about semantics."
He told reporters in Berlin on M......
2012-05-14 11:32:15
The White House says a $2 billion trading blunder by JPMorgan Chase shows the continued need for rules that protect the taxpayer when Wall Street makes mistakes.
White House press secretary Jay Carney says the loss is a reminder of why controls installed after th......
2012-05-14 03:59:16
Since his first House campaign a dozen years ago, would-be Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake has worked diligently to cast himself as a conservative gadfly, willing to buck GOP leaders and even a Republican president.
But as a result of the six-term congressman's work as a......
2012-05-14 03:57:33
On the upper eastern edge of Ohio lies a valley built on the sweat of the working class, where steel mills sit mostly shuttered but a once-struggling Chevy plant endures. It is a place filled with union halls and blue-collar families for whom the auto bailout meant survival, deliver......
2012-05-13 18:45:19
DEB RIECHMANN,Associated PressRAHIM FAIEZ,Associated Press
A gunman in a car assassinated a former high-ranking Taliban official working to end the decade-long war in Afghanistan, dealing a powerful blow Sunday to the fragile, U.S.-backed effort to bring peace to the country.
Arsala Rahmani, a top member of the Afghan pe......
2012-05-13 18:16:59
A blaze last month that scorched the offices of a Cuba travel agency in Miami was deliberately set, fire investigators say, one of the first acts of violence in years against a company arranging visits to the island.
The Coral Gables Fire Department said in a rep......
2012-05-13 15:32:09
On the upper eastern edge of Ohio lies a valley built on the sweat of the working class, where steel mills sit mostly shuttered but a once-struggling Chevy plant endures. It is a place filled with union halls and blue-collar families for whom the auto bailout meant survival, deliver......
2012-05-13 12:13:41
Since his first House campaign a dozen years ago, would-be Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake has worked diligently to cast himself as a conservative gadfly, willing to buck GOP leaders and even a Republican president.
But as a result of the six-term congressman's work as a......
2012-05-13 11:02:36
Ugandan forces captured a senior commander of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army after a brief fight with rebels near the Congo-Central African Republic border, an army official said Sunday, in what an analyst said was an "intelligence coup" for forces hunting for Kony....
2012-05-13 05:54:00
KASIE HUNT,Associated PressRACHEL ZOLL,Associated Press
Mitt Romney's Mormon faith has shaped his life, but he barely mentioned it as he spoke to graduates at an evangelical university Saturday.
And he hardly touched on hot-button social issues like abortion and gay marriage, instead offering a broad-based defense of ......
2012-05-12 21:32:15
The reputation that Jamie Dimon honed for decades on Wall Street has been severely damaged in a matter of days.
In the 1980s and 1990s, he was the protege of banking industry legend Sanford Weill. In the early 2000s, he took over Bank One, an institution few beli......
2012-05-12 19:26:50
KASIE HUNT,Associated PressRACHEL ZOLL,Associated Press
Mitt Romney's Mormon faith has shaped his life, but he barely mentioned it as he spoke to graduates at an evangelical university Saturday.
And he hardly touched on hot-button social issues like abortion and gay marriage, instead offering a broad-based defense of ......
2012-05-12 18:01:58
Once a bright spot for President Barack Obama, North Carolina is now more like a political migraine less than four months before Democrats open the party's national convention in Charlotte.
The causes are plenty.
Labor unions, a core Democrati......
2012-05-12 16:40:11
The historic action that four North Carolina college students took that led to desegregation at lunch counters more than half a century ago shows what young people can do to change their world for the better, first lady Michelle Obama said during a commencement speech Saturday. ......
2012-05-12 15:28:37
Foreign art lovers are breaking bread with Cuban waiters, drivers and parking lot attendants this week in a unique experience that forces diners and chefs alike to overcome barriers of culture, language and five-plus decades of animosity between Washington and Havana.
......
2012-05-12 14:44:04
The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro said during a rousing gay rights march Saturday that her father advocated eliminating sexual discrimination, and reiterated her own hope the country would soon legalize same sex marriage
Mariela Castro, a noted gay righ......
2012-05-12 14:06:25
ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS,Associated PressLISA LEFF,Associated Press
In revealing his support for same-sex marriage, President Barack Obama attributed his change in thinking to a series of key conversations and experiences. Talking to members of his staff and gay service members in committed relationships made it more difficult to justify why they sh......
2012-05-12 09:39:41
Wanda Ramey stood on the University of Colorado campus, cane in one hand, "Close The Pay Gap" sign in the other. The rally for equal pay among women in the workplace was the 65-year-old spitfire's second stop in a day of meetings and protests.
A registe......
2012-05-12 04:09:16
Betty White says she usually keeps her political views private but in this presidential election strongly favors one candidate.
As she prepares to visit the Smithsonian Institution and National Zoo next week, White told The Associated Press she "very, very m......
2012-05-12 02:30:29
DON MELVIN,Associated PressROD McGUIRK,Associated Press
In Europe, where more than 200,000 people thronged a Berlin rally in 2008 to hear Barack Obama speak, there's disappointment that he hasn't kept his promise to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, and perceptions that he's shunting blame for the financial crisis across the A......
2012-05-11 20:21:53
Like many black Americans, Dorsey Jackson does not believe in gay marriage, but he wasn't disillusioned when Barack Obama became the first president to support it. The windows of his suburban Philadelphia barbershop still display an "Obama 2012" placard and another that re......
2012-05-11 19:55:42
Bristol Palin says children do better with a mother and father.
The daughter of 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin made the comment on the religious website patheos.com. She was responding to President Barack Obama's endorsement of same-sex marriage......
2012-05-11 18:57:35
In business, you're only as good as your last good deed.
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, in recent years has tried to repair a reputation that's been damaged by decades of criticism and legal troubles. Community activists have blamed it for damaging the n......
2012-05-11 18:37:18
President Barack Obama has seen an uptick in fundraising since he announced his shift on gay marriage, with some Democratic rainmakers citing renewed interest from gay and lesbian donors who had been urging the president to clarify his stance on the divisive social issue.
......
2012-05-11 18:12:34
Under a tent on George Clooney's basketball court, the cheers were loud and warm for President Barack Obama.
"I want to thank Clooney for letting us use his basketball court," Obama quipped to a glittery crowd that included Barbra Streisand, Jack Black,......
2012-05-11 17:38:39
Two F-16 fighter jets intercepted a small private plane that violated restricted airspace Friday as President Barack Obama was about to depart from Los Angeles International Airport aboard Air Force One, authorities said.
The North American Aerospace Defense Comm......
2012-05-11 16:58:05
The presidential candidates tried to put aside politically risky talk of gay rights Friday and return to Americans' top worry, the economy, in two states critical to the hopes of President Barack Obama and his rival Mitt Romney.
Obama discussed how to help homeow......
2012-05-11 16:45:12
Refocusing on the economy, President Barack Obama on Friday pushed Republicans to back housing policies the White House says would help shore up struggling homeowners and prevent foreclosures.
Against the backdrop of a middle-class neighborhood in economically ha......
2012-05-11 13:28:56
George Clooney played the suave host, chef Wolfgang Puck whipped up something for dinner and President Barack Obama and about 150 of his Hollywood donors enjoyed a few laughs at Clooney's good-humored expense.
Obama told the crowd that his famed "Hope" ......
2012-05-11 13:22:19
The largest-ever United Nations conference, a summit billed as a historic opportunity to build a greener future, appears to be going up in smoke.
U.S. President Barack Obama likely won't be there, and the leaders of Britain and Germany have bowed out. The entire ......
2012-05-11 12:27:55
Officials say U.S. envoys have been meeting with senior advisers to French President-elect Francois Hollande to discuss crucial summit meetings in the U.S. next week and other issues.
Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon, Deputy National Security Adviser Mi......
2012-05-11 09:53:25
Republican Mitt Romney is trying to shift his campaign's focus back to the sluggish economic recovery and will use a commencement speech at an evangelical university to cast strong families as central to a strong economy.
"Although opportunities seem scarce ......
2012-05-11 02:04:41
At a birthplace of the gay rights movement, patrons of New York City's Stonewall Inn said they felt like they were living history. In Wyoming, the mother of a man beaten to death because of his sexuality said words couldn't express her gratitude. An 82-year-old photographer who chro......
2012-05-11 00:35:14
President Barack Obama wasted little time casting his historic embrace of same-sex marriage as a political wedge issue Thursday, telling a Hollywood fundraising crowd that it shows how his vision of the country differs from Republicans.
Speaking at a dinner at th......
2012-05-10 23:23:23
President Barack Obama is telling major Hollywood donors that his decision to support same-sex marriage is a logical extension of where he believes America ought to be.
Obama also says that the issue illustrates the difference in visions for the country between h......
2012-05-10 22:07:00
TOM MURSE
President Barack Obama's support of same-sex marriage has been portrayed by some as a "gamble."
A "rare moment of risk-taking."
A move that could "carry a political cost" in November.
"CONTROVERSY OVER GAY MARRIAGE," USA Today huffed. "President takes sides in political ga......
2012-05-10 19:45:13
President Barack Obama's support for gay marriage adds a new layer of complexity for voters -- especially independents -- in battleground states that will decide the race for the White House.
While the economy is certain to dominate the campaign over the next six......
2012-05-10 17:55:02
Cuban President Raul Castro's daughter congratulated Barack Obama on Thursday for his support for gay marriage, but said his comments are just a first step toward changing policy.
The U.S. president delivered a message that was "humane, understanding, in whi......
2012-05-10 17:47:25
With the primary battle essentially over, the Republican Party is preparing to fire up a presidential campaign in Pennsylvania about a year behind President Barack Obama in a vote-rich state that both sides say they can win.
The Obama campaign is opening its 24th......
2012-05-10 17:42:40
Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday vetoed legislation that would set up a state health insurance exchange as part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, saying the state shouldn't rush to enact such a law and possibly create new burdens on taxpayers while the constitutionali......
2012-05-10 17:39:51
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday became the second governor in the nation to veto legislation that is a key part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law.
The bill would have established an online marketplace for the middle-class to buy fede......
2012-05-10 17:35:17
Sacha Baron Cohen rolled into London for the world premiere of "The Dictator" in style Thursday, standing in a bright orange Lamborghini flashing a replica golden pistol and dressed in a garish military uniform.
His new character follows in the footstep......
2012-05-10 17:28:04
President Barack Obama's announcement that he supports gay marriage brings the presidential stamp of approval to the divisive social issue but does not carry swift policy changes along with it.
Obama described his decision as a personal position. White House offi......
2012-05-10 17:13:38
An environmental activist who disrupted an oil and gas auction for land near Utah's national parks did so in protest, bringing attention to parcels that shouldn't have been for sale, his lawyers argued Thursday.
Tim DeChristopher's conviction in the case should b......
2012-05-10 16:40:38
ADAM EGAN,Associated PressSID DIXON,Associated Press
Sacha Baron Cohen rolled into London for the world premiere of "The Dictator" in style Thursday, standing in a bright orange Lamborghini flashing a replica golden pistol and dressed in a garish military uniform.
His new character follows in the footstep......
2012-05-10 15:34:15
A Southern Baptist leader has apologized to President Barack Obama and other black leaders for saying they were exploiting Trayvon Martin's death for political gain.
Richard Land said Wednesday he impugned the motives of Obama and the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al S......
2012-05-10 14:42:09
The Kremlin on Thursday explained President Vladimir Putin's surprising decision to skip a planned high-profile visit to the United States next week by saying he needs to finish setting up his new government. Although this may sound like a lame excuse, it could actually be true. Or ......
2012-05-10 10:06:48
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has broken a long silence on gay marriage and left the door open for making it legal.
In a statement sent to The Associated Press by his press secretary on Thursday, Key said he is "not personally opposed to gay marriage.&......
2012-05-10 08:34:48
China's government considered homosexuality a mental disorder until 2001. Mobs in Senegal have disinterred bodies of men they believe were gays and dragged them through the streets. In Egypt, laws prohibiting "shameless public acts" have been used to imprison gay men. ......
2012-05-10 07:20:19
Kate Varnum was at her Iowa home watching her newly adopted infant son when news flashed that Barack Obama had become the first sitting U.S. president to endorse equal marriage rights for same-sex couples.
"I said, 'Oh my gosh, I can't believe this is happen......
2012-05-10 07:02:47
Americans react after President Barack Obama voiced his support for gay marriage:
"It definitely felt a like an important moment. For someone who's been fighting in this movement for a long time ... it's overwhelming. Wow!" -- Chris Seelbach, a gay righ......
2012-05-10 01:56:23
Two strong explosions shook the Syrian capital Thursday, sending a plume of thick black smoke into the sky.
The nature of the blasts was not immediately clear. State-run Syrian TV said the explosions were in the Qazaz neighborhood, where a Syrian intelligence age......
2012-05-09 22:38:00
DAN NEPHIN
When Artie Van Why heard President Obama had declared his support for gay marriage on Wednesday, he immediately called the White House.
"I said, 'Would you please tell President Obama that I thank him for his courageous stand for marriage equality?' " said Van Why, a writer who works at t......
2012-05-09 22:56:54
KASIE HUNT,Associated PressSEAN MURPHY,Associated Press
Mitt Romney on Wednesday reaffirmed his view that marriage should be restricted to one man and one woman, highlighting a sharp contrast with President Barack Obama.
Obama declared his unequivocal personal support for same-sex marriage during an interview with ABC......
2012-05-09 22:27:41
President Barack Obama's announcement Wednesday that he supports gay marriage boosted the hopes of gay rights groups around the world that other leaders will follow his example, though opponents denounced his switch as a shameless appeal for votes.
Several countr......
2012-05-09 22:07:07
President Barack Obama honored Burt Bacharach and Hal David on Wednesday night as "two kings of songwriting," presenting them the nation's highest prize for popular music at the White House.
The songwriting duo received the Library of Congress Gershwin ......
2012-05-09 20:23:18
An emotional Gov. John Hickenlooper said Wednesday that he's pulling Colorado lawmakers back to work to resolve a debate over civil unions that ended abruptly without a House vote a day earlier.
Hickenlooper's announcement on the final day of the 2012 regular leg......
2012-05-09 19:59:16
President Barack Obama's support for gay marriage may become the latest issue for voters to sort through in Pennsylvania, a vote-rich battleground where the Democrat's contest against presumed Republican nominee Mitt Romney is expected to be close.
Obama's statem......
2012-05-09 19:16:54
President Barack Obama's announcement that he supports gay marriage sent ripples through the political world on Wednesday. What does this mean for the 2012 election against likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney? How has Obama's position evolved? Here's a look at the many facets of t......
2012-05-09 19:04:13
President Barack Obama voiced his support Wednesday for gay marriage, becoming the first president to do so. Some reaction:
"This is a major turning point in the history of American civil rights. No American president has ever supported a major expansion of ......
2012-05-09 18:57:44
Elizabeth Edwards angrily confronted a key presidential campaign donor who provided financial help to her husband's pregnant mistress in 2007, John Edwards' former spokeswoman testified Wednesday.
Jennifer Palmieri said Edwards called her to a Davenport, Iowa, ho......
2012-05-09 18:53:50
From the left and the right, rival sides in the gay-marriage debate claimed they would reap Election Day benefits from President Barack Obama's long-awaited declaration that he supports same-sex couples' right to wed.
For some gays, however, the politics were sec......
2012-05-09 18:43:31
From the left and the right, rival sides in the gay-marriage debate claimed they would reap Election Day benefits from President Barack Obama's long-awaited declaration that he supports same-sex couples' right to wed.
Gay-marriage supporters said Obama's pronounc......
2012-05-09 18:14:47
President Barack Obama and his presumptive Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, can take a few lessons from veteran Sen. Richard Lugar's loss in Indiana's GOP primary.
Voters are unhappy with incumbents, an ominous sign for the Democratic president in a GOP-leanin......
2012-05-09 17:14:00
The evangelical pastor who President Barack Obama calls his spiritual adviser says he's disappointed in the president's decision to endorse same-sex marriage.
The Rev. Joel Hunter of Florida told The Associated Press that Obama called him before ABC News broadcas......
2012-05-09 16:40:47
President Barack Obama on Wednesday became the first U.S. president to declare support for same-sex marriage. A sampling of his comments on the subject:
"I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and neig......
2012-05-09 16:16:05
Saying it won't let recently enacted voter ID laws suppress turnout, the NAACP on Wednesday launched a nationwide drive to register thousands of mostly minority, student and elderly voters before the Nov. 6 elections.
The National Association for the Advancement ......
2012-05-09 15:43:31
The NAACP is vowing not to let recently enacted voter ID laws suppress turnout among minority, student or elderly voters.
The civil rights organization joined other groups including black fraternities and sororities and black clergy on Wednesday to launch "T......
2012-05-09 15:32:00
JULIE PACE, Associated Press
Ending months of equivocation, President Barack Obama declared his support for gay marriage on Wednesday, an announcement fraught with history that also injects a potentially polarizing issue into the 2012 race for the White House.
"I have hesitated on gay marriage in part beca......
2012-05-09 15:29:26
A roadside bomb hit a Syrian military truck Wednesday just seconds after the head of the U.N. observer team drove by in a convoy, demonstrating the fragility of the international plan to end the country's bloodshed.
In Washington, meanwhile, President Barack Obam......
2012-05-09 15:23:18
Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas got 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary.
The inmate, Keith Judd, is serving time at the Federal Correctional Instituti......
2012-05-09 15:02:14
Republican Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama taking credit for increased American energy production is like Romney claiming responsibility for the Red Sox's World Series wins when he was Massachusetts governor.
In each case, neither one has anything to do w......
2012-05-09 14:04:09
A former campaign spokeswoman for John Edwards has testified that his wife angrily confronted a key donor about his support for the presidential candidate's pregnant mistress.
Jennifer Palmieri was called to the stand Wednesday by prosecutors at Edwards' corrupti......
2012-05-09 12:25:38
North Carolina voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as solely between a man and a woman, but not much is expected to change immediately.
That's because North Carolina law already banned gay marriage. The amendment voters p......
2012-05-09 12:21:06
Couples retiring this year can expect their medical bills throughout retirement to cost 4 percent more than those who retired a year ago, according to an annual projection released Wednesday by Fidelity Investments.
The estimated $240,000 that a newly retired cou......
2012-05-09 12:18:28
Court: Detroit-area pastor can't testify about teen's confession in sexual assault case
The Michigan appeals court says prosecutors can't use a pastor's testimony in a sexual assault case.
The court said Wednesday that the testimony would viol......
2012-05-09 12:10:47
Ugandan officials said Wednesday that a fresh allegation by Sudan that Uganda supports anti-Sudan rebels is a tactic to divert attention from Uganda's claim that Sudan is sheltering warlord Joseph Kony.
James Mugume, permanent secretary at Uganda's Foreign Affair......
2012-05-09 09:59:36
An independent group backing Mitt Romney has launched a TV ad tying President Barack Obama to negative comments about Romney's wife by two Obama supporters.
Restore Our Future, a super PAC run by former Romney advisers, is running the ad in the battleground state......
2012-05-09 03:11:03
Couples retiring this year can expect their medical bills throughout retirement to cost 4 percent more than those who retired a year ago, according to an annual projection released Wednesday by Fidelity Investments.
The estimated $240,000 that a newly retired cou......
2012-05-09 01:13:46
Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas is getting 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary.
The inmate, Keith Judd, is serving time at the Beaumont Federal Correc......
2012-05-09 00:51:18
North Carolina approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday defining marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman, becoming the latest state to effectively slam the door shut on same-sex marriages.
With most of the precincts reporting Tuesday, unofficial r......
2012-05-08 21:07:25
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. said Tuesday that it has hired two new senior executives, including a marketing chief, as the company looks to regain market share lost to Apple's iPhone.
RIM said Frank Boulben will be the new chief marketing officer, a j......
2012-05-08 20:10:20
Maurice Sendak didn't think of himself as a children's author, but as an author who told the truth about childhood.
"I like interesting people and kids are really interesting people," he explained to The Associated Press last fall. "And if you didn......
2012-05-08 19:11:10
A former speechwriter for John Edwards testified Tuesday that the onetime presidential candidate acknowledged knowing that a wealthy donor was secretly supporting his pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008.
Wendy Button testified at Edwards' corru......
2012-05-08 19:06:19
Mitt Romney has won the Indiana presidential primary.
That victory and other expected wins Tuesday in North Carolina and West Virginia are certain to push Romney closer to the 1,144 delegates he needs to clinch the GOP nomination.
The trio of ......
2012-05-08 18:40:09
Gasoline prices likely won't set any records this summer, thanks to a recent drop in the price of oil.
The government on Tuesday slashed its forecast for average gas prices to $3.79 per gallon for the summer driving season. That's down from an initial estimate of......
2012-05-08 17:33:06
Republican Mitt Romney on Tuesday branded President Barack Obama as an "old-school liberal" who is trying to resurrect failed policies, a new line of attack at the heart of the president's forward-looking re-election message.
The expected Republican pre......
2012-05-08 17:31:50
Pennsylvania college students are urging federal lawmakers to strike a deal to avert a spike in student loan interest rates, saying higher education is already expensive enough.
Without a compromise, rates on subsidized Stafford loans will double from 3.4 percent......
2012-05-08 16:43:20
The national debate over gay marriage focused Tuesday on North Carolina, as voters decided whether to make it the 29th state to pass a constitutional amendment defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman.
In the final days before the vote, members of Pr......
2012-05-08 16:35:34
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is launching a series of Spanish-language television ads in three battleground states.
Meanwhile, a Republican official said Tuesday that Mitt Romney is "still deciding" his position on immigration, then too......
2012-05-08 16:34:35
The national debate over gay marriage has turned its attention South.
North Carolina could be the next state to pass a constitutional amendment defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman. Voters are casting their ballots Tuesday.
In......
2012-05-08 15:38:26
The national debate over gay marriage focused Tuesday on North Carolina, as voters decided whether to make it the 29th state to pass a constitutional amendment defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman.
In the final days before the vote, members of Pr......
2012-05-08 15:15:51
The face of Indiana politics for nearly four decades, Republican Sen. Richard Lugar is battling for political survival against a tea party-backed GOP challenger who says the senator has become more interested in compromising with liberals in Washington than representing conservative......
2012-05-08 14:05:41
Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri has built a reputation as al-Qaida's bomb-making savant one potential near miss at time: Explosive-rigged underwear aboard a Christmas flight to the U.S. in 2009, printers fitted with high-grade explosives the next year and now possibly a metal-free device th......
2012-05-08 13:59:53
Afghanistan's president has warned that civilian casualties caused by NATO airstrikes could undermine the cooperation agreement he just signed with the U.S. He talked to families of the latest victims Tuesday.
Also Tuesday, Taliban attacks in three provinces kill......
2012-05-08 13:54:41
President Barack Obama is contrasting himself with congressional Republicans by saying they have blocked his job creation plans. He says now is not the time for inaction.
Obama was speaking at a college science complex in New York to draw attention to proposals h......
2012-05-08 12:05:21
Community and business leaders in affluent Seminole County talked about the promise of jobs and economic development from the new 61-mile commuter rail through Orlando. They praised the man who pushed hard for the $1.3 billion project and many others: Republican Rep. John Mica of Fl......
2012-05-08 01:14:11
KEN THOMAS,Associated PressSTEVE PEOPLES,Associated Press
Targeting middle-class voters, President Barack Obama on Monday unveiled a sweeping $25 million, nine-state ad campaign whose centerpiece is a commercial portraying him as the steward of an economic comeback and confronting Republican criticism that recovery has sputtered on his wat......
2012-05-07 23:32:08
Campaigning in the backyard of America's auto industry, Mitt Romney re-ignited the bailout debate by suggesting he deserves "a lot of credit" for the recent successes of the nation's largest car companies.
That claims comes in spite of his stance that D......
2012-05-07 20:50:27
One of Hollywood's biggest and best-paid stars is supporting President Barack Obama's call for higher taxes on the country's top earners.
Will Smith said while promoting "Men In Black III" last week that he supports the move.
"I......
2012-05-07 19:21:06
North Carolina has long prided itself on its moderate politics dating to the civil rights era, as well as its place as a New South leader and a hub for high-tech, banking and higher education.
Even though the state backed Democrat Barack Obama for president in 20......
2012-05-07 18:44:03
EDITOR'S NOTE _ An occasional look at the claims in political advertising.......
2012-05-07 17:33:38
Do you remember what's on page 169 of your income tax return? Neither does Mitt Romney.
At a town hall-style meeting Monday in Cleveland, the GOP presidential candidate got this pointed question about his investments: In this age of tough foreign competition, cou......
2012-05-07 17:32:34
The White House pressed Republicans Monday to back Democratic legislation preventing interest rates on federal student loans from doubling in July as the two parties remained deadlocked over how to pay for the move.
"As the economy continues to recover, and ......
2012-05-07 17:02:28
Officials in many countries have welcomed Francois Hollande's victory in the French presidential election. Here are some of their comments.
--GERMANY: France's most important foreign partner. Opposition leader Sigmar Gabriel hailed the victory of a fellow leftist......
2012-05-07 16:54:37
Militants who have vowed allegiance to al-Qaida attack security forces in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula close to Israel and enjoy unchallenged control of two border towns. Radical Islamists in Cairo chant anti-US slogans and dream of turning the most populous Arab country into a religious......
2012-05-07 16:19:40
On his whirlwind first day since winning the French presidential election, Socialist Francois Hollande was set to embark on a crash course in international politics, with a critical visit to Berlin, an invite to the White House, and two top summits already on the agenda.
......
2012-05-07 16:00:05
Republican Mitt Romney says he doesn't think President Barack Obama should be tried for treason.
Obama's likely Republican opponent told reporters after a campaign rally Monday in Cleveland that "no, of course" the president should not be tried for such......
2012-05-07 14:42:26
A 70-year-old American aid worker kidnapped nine months ago in Pakistan said in a video released by al-Qaida that he will be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to the militant group's demands. The White House called for his immediate release.
The video p......
2012-05-07 11:42:35
A 70-year-old American aid worker kidnapped nine months ago in Pakistan said in a video released by al-Qaida that he will be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to the militant group's demands.
The video posted on militant websites Sunday followed one iss......
2012-05-07 10:12:52
GRAND VIEW-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) -- The Hudson River extends like the sun from the back of Toni Morrison's house, illuminated and infinite, undimmed by an unseasonably drab spring afternoon.
"It's interesting and soothing, and it changes constantly," she......
2012-05-07 03:52:40
The presidential campaigns of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama keep hitting the same notes:
"He does not want to share his real plans before the election, either with the public or with the press." -- Romney says about Obama.
......
2012-05-07 03:43:31
Highlights of House GOP legislation cutting spending by more than $300 billion over the coming decade.
Food Stamps -- Cuts $35.8 billion by eliminating benefit increases in President Barack Obama's economic stimulus and tightening eligibility requirements. Cuts s......
2012-05-07 03:33:29
Afghan police have killed four gunmen who took over a tall building in eastern Afghanistan and started shooting down into surrounding government compounds. One civilian was wounded.
A spokesman for the governor of Paktika province says the attack began late Sunda......
2012-05-07 01:48:25
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday she has no desire to make another run for the White House but hopes to see an American woman president in her lifetime.
Politely turning aside questions about her political intentions at a town hall event......
2012-05-06 23:14:30
ANGELA CHARLTON,Associated PressELAINE GANLEY,Associated Press
France handed the presidency Sunday to leftist Francois Hollande, a champion of government stimulus programs who says the state should protect the downtrodden -- a victory that could deal a death blow to the drive for austerity that has been the hallmark of Europe in recent years....
2012-05-06 13:31:52
A Virginia man has been charged with threatening to kill President Barack Obama.
A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Harrisonburg said Christopher Hecker of Waynesboro made death threats against the president and threatened to bomb the White House, hot......
2012-05-06 12:07:21
Americans are virtually powerless to correct damaging mistakes in their credit reports due to loopholes and obstacles in the federal law governing credit-reporting agencies, an Ohio newspaper reported Sunday.
The lack of government regulation allows errors that w......
2012-05-06 11:32:09
Lee Hanson became deeply angry as the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and co-defendants tried to undermine their arraignment on 3,000 counts of murder at a military court in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Hanson's son, daughter-in-law and 2-year-old gra......
2012-05-06 10:01:33
The presidential campaigns of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama keep hitting the same notes:
"He does not want to share his real plans before the election, either with the public or with the press." -- Romney says about Obama.
......
2012-05-05 23:12:32
Republican Richard Lugar has shown through a lengthy Senate career that he can broker compromises on international and domestic issues, and avoid the acrimony that often brings Washington to a halt.
It's those qualities that may end up costing the former Rhodes S......
2012-05-05 20:04:42
Warren Buffett worked to reassure shareholders that he's feeling good after his recent prostate cancer diagnosis, and that Berkshire Hathaway is ready to replace the revered 81-year-old investor when the need arises.
Based on the questions Buffett got from the cr......
2012-05-05 17:38:34
Plunging into his campaign for a new term, President Barack Obama tore into Mitt Romney on Saturday as a willing and eager "rubber stamp" for conservative Republicans in Congress and an agenda to cut taxes for the rich, reduce spending on education and Medicare and enhance......
2012-05-05 16:16:28
Moans, sighs and exclamations erupted Saturday as relatives of Sept. 11 victims watched four closed-circuit TV feeds from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that showed the self-proclaimed mastermind of the attacks and co-defendants trying to slow their arraignment, a move that drew outbursts fr......
2012-05-05 12:57:18
How unthinkable it was, not so long ago, that a presidential election would pit a candidate fathered by an African against another condemned as un-Christian.
Yet here it is: Barack Obama versus Mitt Romney, an African-American and a white Mormon, representatives ......
2012-05-05 12:47:11
Billionaire Warren Buffett's secretary got to attend the State of the Union speech in January because of Buffett's complaints that tax laws are too easy on wealthy investors.
At Saturday's Berkshire Hathaway meeting Buffett joked about the fame Debbie Bosanek gai......
2012-05-05 08:29:45
Nearly 11 years after the 2001 terror attacks, family members of some of the victims will watch via closed-circuit TV as the self-proclaimed mastermind of the attacks and four co-defendants are arraigned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
"I want to bear witness that ......
2012-05-05 03:19:45
Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
ABC's "This Week" -- Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; David Axelrod, adviser to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign.
NBC's "Meet the Press" -- Vice Preside......
2012-05-05 03:05:56
The self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four alleged co-conspirators will appear in public for the first time in more than three years, when U.S. officials start a second attempt at what is likely to be a drawn out legal battle that could lead to the men's executi......
2012-05-04 20:46:06
Walking a careful line, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Friday he had wanted an openly gay spokesman who resigned from his campaign this week to stay on. Hours later, he worked to court the party's conservative wing by meeting with former rival Rick Santorum. ......
2012-05-04 17:39:16
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said she is concerned that the Obama administration's crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries is hurting patients with a legitimate need for the drug.
The San Francisco congresswoman said in a statement Wednesday that the ......
2012-05-04 16:44:28
A woman who says she was the prostitute who triggered the U.S. Secret Service scandal in Colombia said Friday that the agents involved were "idiots" for letting it happen, and declared that if she were a spy and sensitive information was available, she could have easily ob......
2012-05-04 16:03:26
U.S. job growth slumped in April for a second straight month. It suggested an economy that is growing steadily but still sluggishly, which could tighten the presidential race.
A drop in the unemployment rate wasn't necessarily a healthy sign for the job market. T......
2012-05-04 15:44:48
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will honor songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, a duo whose pop melodies and lyrics regularly hit the charts in the 1960s and early 1970s despite competition from more socially revolutionary performers.
Ba......
2012-05-04 15:29:53
Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
ABC's "This Week" -- Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; David Axelrod, adviser to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign.
NBC's "Meet the Press" -- Vice Preside......
2012-05-04 15:12:21
It seems NATO may also stand for Not All That Observant.
A video posted on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization website ahead of its upcoming summit in Chicago got a few things wrong: identifying Chicago as Illinois' capital, identifying the city as the place P......
2012-05-04 14:56:35
Unlike four years ago, President Barack Obama's campaign speeches focus less on new promises and more on pledges he says he's kept. Here's a look at how his promises have held up:
PROMISES KEPT
--Sign legislation to remake the nation's health ......
2012-05-04 13:24:02
President Barack Obama says the economy keeps creating jobs, but with many still out of work, "we've got to do more."
The April jobs report out Friday shows a second straight month of sluggish growth, with the economy adding 115,000 jobs, fewer than exp......
2012-05-04 12:55:10
A photo of Barack Obama in a campaign video for French President Nicolas Sarkozy is upsetting the team of Sarkozy's rival, Socialist Francois Hollande.
Hollande's campaign chief Pierre Moscovici said Friday he was surprised the photo of Obama and Sarkozy aired in......
2012-05-04 12:23:17
President Barack Obama says college students shouldn't have to pay higher interest rates on their loans just because Congress can't get its act together.
Obama is speaking to students and parents at a high school in Virginia, a general election battleground state......
2012-05-04 06:09:01
The refrain sounded by his aides is accurate: Barack Obama has done more for the cause of gay rights than any president before him.
Nonetheless, gay-rights activists and organizations are on the president's case these days, pressing him for further steps on two f......
2012-05-04 04:13:14
During his last months holed up in a villa in Pakistan, one of the concerns on Osama bin Laden's mind was image control: Al-Qaida's branches and allies were making the terror network look bad in the eyes of the Islamic world.
A newly released selection of letters......
2012-05-03 22:49:17
Move over Ohio and Florida. Virginia is becoming the hottest new battleground in this year's race for the White House.
Shifting demographics have President Barack Obama fighting for another win in this Southern state four years after he became the first Democrati......
2012-05-03 21:34:29
An interior designer testified Thursday about his role in funneling secret money from a reclusive millionaire to an aide of John Edwards' in a scheme that included checks labeled for fake antique furniture purchases.
Bryan Huffman described, for example, receivin......
2012-05-03 20:31:19
Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson said Thursday that he is open to Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's plan to let young illegal immigrants remain in the United States, but he questioned whether it would solve the nation's immigration problems.
In a roundtable discussion wit......
2012-05-03 19:26:22
The Obama administration is buying into an ambitious health care initiative in Oregon, announcing Thursday it has tentatively agreed to chip in $1.9 billion over five years to help get the program off the ground.
Oregon hopes to prove that states can save billion......
2012-05-03 16:43:28
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday the Obama administration had "failed" to protect a blind Chinese dissident by factoring political considerations into the negotiations that ultimately led him to leave the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. The White House ......
2012-05-03 15:11:06
As 20,000 Mormons streamed from the church conference center, a ragtag group of protesters stood across the street shouting that the Latter-day Saints were going to hell. Mormon families, who had gathered here for two days of speeches and spiritual guidance called General Conference......
2012-05-03 14:46:14
The stage seemed set for a showdown: G-8 and NATO leaders planned to hold back-to-back summits in Chicago that activists predicted could draw tens of thousands of people protesting everything from war and poverty to unemployment and education cuts.
But at the las......
2012-05-03 14:17:44
The last day of military service has arrived for a Marine Corps sergeant discharged for criticizing President Barack Obama on Facebook.
Sgt. Gary Stein says Thursday is his last day on the job for the Marine Corps.
The military decided to kick......
2012-05-03 11:49:57
Republican-leaning areas in states vital to President Barack Obama's re-election prospects are drawing top-tier Democratic congressional candidates who, even if they lose, could help turn out the vote and boost Obama's chances of winning a second term.
The best e......
2012-05-03 09:28:24
Hiring through the rest of 2012 will lag the brisk pace set early this year. But it will be strong enough to push the unemployment rate below 8 percent by Election Day.
That's the view that emerges from an Associated Press survey of 32 leading economists who fore......
2012-05-03 09:26:59
If polls are to be believed, leftist Francois Hollande will soon be French president, and will tell Barack Obama next month that France is speeding up its withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan -- bucking NATO's slower timetable.
Conservative French President Nico......
2012-05-03 04:23:52
For the second time this year, a federal appeals court shielded a former Bush administration lawyer from a lawsuit filed by a convicted terrorist who alleged the attorney's so-called "torture memos" led to his illegally harsh treatment while in U.S. military custody. ......
2012-05-03 02:22:29
Like many Texas Republicans, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has waited in line for higher office for nearly a decade.
Now that Kay Bailey Hutchison is wrapping up a 19-year career in the U.S. Senate, Dewhurst may finally get his chance. But he first must survive the war......
2012-05-02 22:16:39
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden used a speech at Lafayette College on Wednesday evening to urge Americans to discount President Obama's opponents and get behind the administration's vision for the economy.
Biden said achieving Obama's goals in education, health car......
2012-05-02 20:31:19
Kicking off his Virginia campaign, Republican Mitt Romney said Wednesday he'll do "the opposite" of what President Barack Obama has done to help the economy. His wife, Ann, chipped in by appealing to women voters in a key region of a state both candidates will fight over u......
2012-05-02 19:47:47
Research in Motion Ltd. says future BlackBerry models will still offer physical keyboards.
Some reports suggested RIM would ditch the physical keys favored by its users, but CEO Thorsten Heins said Wednesday that RIM won't lose the focus on physical keypads. ......
2012-05-02 19:44:30
The Rev. Billy Graham urged North Carolina voters Wednesday to support an amendment to the state constitution banning gay marriage, a move that an observer said was highly unusual but another said was in keeping with the minister's moral beliefs.
"Watching t......
2012-05-02 19:32:57
Newt Gingrich, the colorful former House speaker and fiery partisan, formally exited the Republican presidential contest Wednesday and vowed to help Mitt Romney's bid to defeat President Barack Obama.
Ending a campaign that seesawed between implosion and frontrun......
