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Joe Biden will take Bain attack on Mitt Romney to Ohio

2012-05-16 03:05:00

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Vice President Joe Biden today travels to this working-class Ohio city to amplify the Obama campaign's tough attack Mitt Romney's economic credentials, accusing the Republican of profiting at the expense of laid-off manufacturing...

Obama hosting bipartisan talks on economy

2012-05-16 03:00:00

After months of trading blame and criticism from afar, President Obama and GOPcongressional leaders will meet Wednesday to discuss the economy — and, presumably, trade blame and criticism in person, more politely. The bipartisan gathering at the...

Abu Zubaydah, the man justice has forgotten

2012-05-16 00:00:00

Last week, my colleagues and I did something defense attorneys rarely do: We asked the government to file charges against our client. And because it seems unlikely the case will ever make it to an American courtroom, we have asked that it be heard in...

The National Teacher of the Year on what makes a great teacher

2012-05-16 00:00:00

The class clown from Mr. Gadberry's high school art class has made good — and how. Rebecca Mieliwocki teaches seventh-grade English at Luther Burbank Middle School in Burbank — but not next year. Instead, she'll be on the road as the...

Obama's assets valued at between $2.6 million and $8.3 million

2012-05-15 14:51:00

WASHINGTON -- His book sales may be slowing, but President Obama appears to be on solid financial footing. � The president reported assets that could exceed $8 million, according to financial disclosure forms released by the White House on Tuesday....

Election decision may force disclosure of secret donors

2012-05-15 17:58:00

WASHINGTON — Advocacy groups spending millions of dollars to influence the 2012 election now face the prospect of having to reveal their secret donors, after a federal appellate court panel refused to block a lower-court order requiring the...

Energy fades as campaign issue as gas prices drop

2012-05-15 04:00:00

Barely two months after the cost of fuel was a white-hot matter in the presidential race, the issue has receded, just as prices have declined across much of the country. AAA reported Monday that the national average price of a gallon of gas has...

JPMorgan's Dimon keeps his chairman job in shareholder vote

2012-05-15 09:01:00

TAMPA, Fla. — Jamie Dimon will keep his jobs as chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Shareholders overwhelmingly voted him back onto the board as well as approving executive compensation packages. Shareholders voted only 40% in...

Ron Paul effectively ending presidential campaign

2012-05-14 12:29:00

Ron Paul, Mitt Romney’s lone remaining rival for the Republican presidential nomination, announced Monday that he would stop spending money on the party’s 11 remaining primaries, in effect suspending his campaign. The libertarian Texas...

White House: JPMorgan loss shows need for tough regulations

2012-05-14 11:19:00

WASHINGTON -- The White House said Monday that the huge trading loss by JPMorgan Chase & Co. highlighted the need for tough regulations, blasting Wall Street efforts to weaken new rules in the 2010 financial reform law. "Ever since it was passed there...

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2012-05-14 12:29:00

Ron Paul, Mitt Romney’s lone remaining rival for the Republican presidential nomination, announced Monday that he would stop spending money on the party's 11 remaining primaries, in effect suspending his campaign. The libertarian Texas...

Newsweek cover declares Obama 'the first gay president'

2012-05-14 09:25:00

Newsweek, which has recently become a conduit for controversy with its cover art choices, drew more attention with the debut of its latest issue declaring President Obama to be “the first gay president.” The cover, featuring Obama anointed...

Vice President Joe Biden gestures while speaking at a White House briefing on college affordability in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington May 10, 2012.

2012-05-15 22:04:00

Who's in it? Benjamin Stockham as Xander (from left), Martha MacIsaac as Becca (seated), Bill Pullman as President Dale Gilchrist (seated), Amara Miller as Marigold, Josh Gad as Skip, Jenna Elfman as Emily Gilchrist (seated), Andre Holland as Marshall Malloy.

2012-05-13 13:35:00

Top Cops award winners listen to remarks by U.S. President Barack Obama (C, foreground) in the Rose Garden at the White House. Standing with Obama are Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (R).

2012-05-12 19:25:00