2012 Republican National Convention

Mitt Romney had 3 of top 2012 search memes, and not in a good way

2012-12-03 12:01:00

Online news giant Yahoo! announced its top search terms of 2012 Monday and, no surprise, the 2012 election topped all other topics, including the iPhone 5, which registered the second-most searches; Kim Kardashian, who attracted the third most and...

Readers question play of Mitt Romney, Neil Armstrong stories

2012-08-28 12:53:53

Paul Ryan taken to task for fashion choices

2012-08-26 00:00:00

When Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R.-Wis.) billowed onto the national political stage in Norfolk, Va., as Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate this month, the reaction was swift and unanimous — at least among the fashion-focused. Press pundits,...

2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.

2012-08-26 22:13:37

Pictures in the News | August 27, 2012

2012-08-27 08:44:07

China calls Romney's accusations 'as false as they are foolish'

2012-09-14 04:43:32

The Week in Pictures | August 27 – September 2, 2012

2012-08-31 23:14:20

Empty chair placed next to Clint Eastwood hiking trail marker

2012-09-04 15:23:56

Chris Christie and Hurricane Sandy give Obama a timely boost

2012-10-31 23:50:00

On his Comedy Central show Wednesday night, Stephen Colbert charged that hurricanes have a liberal bias -- and who can disagree? Katrina sank President George W. Bush, Isaac knocked a day off the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., and now...

Political brands: Republicans dig Chick-fil-A, Democrats go Google

2012-10-25 09:23:00

When Democrats and Republicans do reach across the aisle, chances are they’re not chatting about their favorite brands. The blue party is big on Google, Amazon.com and PBS, while their red rivals are all about the Fox News Channel, Chick-fil-A...

McManus: A Rove 'money bomb'?

2012-09-26 00:00:00

Here's a short list of Democrats who secretly hope Mitt Romney gets his presidential campaign turned around fast and gives President Obama a run for his money: Heidi Heitkamp, the Democratic Senate candidate in North Dakota; Jon Tester, the Democratic...

Staples stock jumps on report Bain, others are considering buyout

2012-09-14 08:26:00

A report that several private equity firms -- including original investor Bain Capital -- are considering buying Staples Inc. pushed the office supply chain’s stock up as much as 6.2% on Friday. Acquisition talks are still preliminary and any offer...

Clint Eastwood became the talk of the Republican National Convention when he addressed an empty chair, meant to represent President Obama. The rant from the 82-year-old actor was meant to skewer Obama, but the results were confusing and distracted attention from GOP nominee Mitt Romney.

2012-12-21 16:40:00

"If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." - Barack Obama, showcasing what's perhaps the worst thing to say before a Republican National Convention that will surely use those words as its slogan. For the entire convention.

2012-12-18 13:15:00

The Facebook polls have closed and, even though Facebook had its biggest turnout ever, too few users cast ballots to have a say in the policy changes the giant social network proposed.

2012-12-10 12:11:00