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Obama: Ryan is Congressional Republicans’ ‘ideological leader’

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 04:21 PM PDT

Obama brands Ryan as GOP "ideological leader"In his first public remarks about Paul Ryan's pick to be the presumptive Republican vice presidential candidate, President Barack Obama called the lawmaker "a decent man" but painted him as a champion of "top down" economic policies that favor the rich. "Just yesterday morning, my opponent chose his running mate, the ideological leader of the [...]


Will Paul Ryan release his tax returns?

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 11:30 AM PDT

Will Paul Ryan Release His Tax Returns?As a candidate for Congress, Paul Ryan has released financial disclosure forms for years, but he has never released his tax returns. We know that Ryan turned over "several years" of tax returns to the Romney campaign during the vice presidential vetting process.  We have...


Tea party evolves, achieves state policy victories

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 09:42 AM PDT

William DePorte waves a Tea Party flag outside a Republican Presidential Debate in IowaTea party activists in Georgia helped kill a proposed sales tax increase that would have raised billions of dollars for transportation projects. In Pennsylvania, tea partyers pushed to have taxpayers send ...


Sunday talk show sparring over Paul Ryan

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 08:34 AM PDT

U.S. Congressman Ryan speaks after Republican U.S. Presidential candidate Romney introduced him as vice-presidential running mate during a campaign event in NorfolkMitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate dominated the discussion on Sunday morning's political talk shows. And the reaction to the choice of Ryan, a tea party favorite, fell along party lines.


Billy Graham in hospital with infection of lungs

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 12:34 PM PDT

Billy Graham gestures while attending a book signing for former U.S. President George W. Bush's new book at the Billy Graham Library in CharlotteA spokesman for Billy Graham says the 93-year-old evangelist has been admitted to a North Carolina hospital for an infection in his lungs.


One sign of Paul Ryan’s impact: Big crowds

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 08:49 AM PDT

Midwest Democracy | Romney's choice of Ryan as running mate gives race a new focusThe full measure of Paul Ryan's political impact on the 2012 race is still yet to be determined, but Mitt Romney's new running mate is already helping the presumptive GOP nominee attract some of the biggest crowds of his campaign to date. Several thousand people turned out to see the new GOP ticket at [...]


How swing state papers reacted to Ryan pick

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 10:12 AM PDT

Paul RyanVoters picking up their newspapers in swing states on Sunday got a small glimpse of what kind of coverage Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan can expect between now and Election Day. In Ohio, "Romney's choice of Ryan seen as bold move with appeal to the right," the Cleveland Plain Dealer said. "Ryan Shakes Up the [...]


Egypt's president removes top generals

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 02:50 PM PDT

Egypt's President Mursi, Field Marshal Tantawi and Egyptian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Anan shake hands with a soldier at a checkpoint in al-ArishCAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi dismissed Cairo's two top generals and quashed a military order that had curbed the new leader's powers, in a move that further stamped his authority on the country and its army. There had been much debate over the fate of Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, 76, who until Mursi's election in June had ruled Egypt as head of a military council since Hosni Mubarak was toppled last year. The timing of Sunday's announcement to replace him as armed forces head was nevertheless a surprise. ...


Romney signals support for Medicare choices

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 01:51 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R) and his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan speak to a crowdRomney says he and Ryan have talked about providing more choices on Medicare.


Romney, Ryan to split up until convention

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 06:17 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, and his newly announced vice presidential running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, greet supporters during a campaign rally in Manassas, Va., Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Mitt Romney will spend just one more day campaigning with his new running mate, Paul Ryan, before the vice presidential hopeful splits on his own packed campaigning schedule. The two men will spend the day Sunday traveling throughout North Carolina before heading to Ryan's home state of Wisconsin, where the two will headline what the [...]


Two earthquakes in Iran kill 300 and injure 5,000

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 09:35 AM PDT

Rescue teams search for victims in the earthquake-stricken village of Varzaghan in East AzarbaijanDUBAI (Reuters) - Overcrowded hospitals in northwest Iran struggled to cope with thousands of earthquake victims on Sunday as rescuers raced to reach remote villages after two powerful quakes killed nearly 300 people. Thousands huddled in makeshift camps or slept in the street after Saturday's quakes for fear of more aftershocks, 60 of which had already struck. A lack of tents and other supplies left them exposed to the night chill, one witness told Reuters. ...


Sikh temple holds service week after attack

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 04:15 PM PDT

A member of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, points to a dime-size bullet hole in a doorway that leads to the main prayer hall in the Oak Creek, Wis., temple. Temple officials are leaving the hole unrepaired as a memorial to the six members who were killed days earlier in a mass shooting by a white supremacist.. (AP Photo/Dinesh Ramde)Hundreds of people who gathered at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee spoke of unity, strength and rebirth during the first Sunday service there since a gunman killed six people before fatally shooting himself.


Confused civilians swarm into Syrian battle zone

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 02:29 PM PDT

ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian civilians desperate to check on their homes pushed into fluid front lines around the devastated Salaheddine district of Aleppo on Sunday, even as sniper fire cracked out and rebels warned them to stay away. Civilians drove their cars up to rebel checkpoints demanding to be allowed through, apparently convinced by government messages that the army had regained full control of their neighborhood, where battles have raged for three weeks. ...

Syrian opposition leader calls for no-fly zone

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 10:32 AM PDT

This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, purports to show Syrians standing in the rubble of a destroyed building from Syrian forces shelling in Khaldiyeh neighborhood, Homs province, central Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS CITIZEN JOURNALIST IMAGEThe head of Syria's main opposition group in exile called Sunday for international powers to impose a no-fly zone in border areas to protect civilians who are coming under increasingly intense attacks by regime warplanes and helicopters.


Woman accused of killing fiance on wedding day

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 10:56 AM PDT

Authorities say an eastern Pennsylvania woman stabbed her fiance to death during an argument on their wedding day.

How Romney picked Ryan and kept it secret

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 09:03 PM PDT

Republican U.S. Presidential candidate Romney introduces U.S. Congressman Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate during a campaign event at the retired battleship USS Wisconsin in NorfolkJust hours before word broke that Mitt Romney would name his vice-presidential running mate on Saturday, Paul Ryan waved to reporters camped outside his home in Janesville, Wis., as he headed inside for the evening—or so the media thought. Just minutes later, the Wisconsin congressman quickly snuck out his back door, escaping into a forest [...]


VP pick Ryan brings long record to dissect

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 04:26 PM PDT

Rep. Paul Ryan's record runs deeper than his signature budget and Medicare ideas.

Romney requested 'several' years of tax returns of VP contenders

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 05:45 AM PDT

Romney Campaign Requested 'Several' Years of Tax Returns of VP ContendersCHARLOTTE — Mitt Romney requested "several" years of tax returns from his potential running mates, a senior adviser to the candidate said Saturday, suggesting that those considered for the ticket may have been required to reveal more financial documents that the candidate himself. In a...


NYPD: Man killed near Times Square had arrest history

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 10:53 AM PDT

This Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012 photo provided by the New York Police Department shows an 11-inch knife police recovered at the scene where they shot and killed a man Saturday they say lunged at them with the knife in a confrontation that began in Times Square and drew officers and spectators on a chase that ended with shots fired near one of New York's most crowded areas. (AP Photo/New York Police Department)A 51-year-old New York man who was shot to death by police near Times Square had a history of marijuana arrests and had once been taken to a hospital for observation after knocking down garbage cans, authorities said Sunday.


U.S. Navy ship, tanker collide near Strait of Hormuz

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 11:13 AM PDT

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, personnel examine the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter after it was damaged in a collision with the Panamanian flagged, Japanese-owned bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan in the Strait of Hormuz early Sunday. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Sunderman)A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer was left with a gaping hole on one side after it collided with an oil tanker early Sunday just outside the strategic Strait of Hormuz.


Powerball jackpot rises to $305 million

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 11:07 AM PDT

The Powerball jackpot has grown to $305 million for Wednesday's drawing.

Racial profiling alleged at Boston airport

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 08:49 PM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2006 file photo, a Massachusetts state trooper keeps watch over travelers making their way through Logan International Airport in Boston. Transportation Security Administration officers at Boston's Logan International Airport are alleging that a program intended to help flag possible terrorists based on passengers' mannerisms has led to rampant racial profiling, the New York Times reported Saturday, Aug. 11,2012.(AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)Transportation Security Administration officers at Boston's Logan International Airport are alleging that a program intended to help flag possible terrorists based on passengers' mannerisms has led to rampant racial profiling, a newspaper reported Saturday.


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