Rodney King dead at 47  —  Los Angeles (CNN) — Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead in his swimming pool Sunday, authorities and his fiancee confirmed.  He was 47.

Romney dodges immigration questions  —  Mitt Romney refuses to say whether he'd repeal the Obama administration's decision to stop deporting certain undocumented immigrants.  —  In an interview with Bob Schieffer aired Sunday on CBS's “Face the Nation,” the presumptive Republican presidential …

Romney sees bright side of rain-soaked campaign event  —  Brunswick, Ohio (CNN) - Everyone was drenched by the time Mitt Romney arrived at his Father's Day pancake breakfast in Ohio, but the GOP candidate turned the lousy weather into a metaphor for the 2012 presidential race.

Europe Breathes Huge Sigh Of Relief, As Conservative Party Appears Likely To Win In Greece  —  There's still counting to do, but it definitely appears that the conservative New Democracy party has won the Greek election.  —  The second wave of exit polls, which came out at 8:30 PM Athens …

C.E.O. Pay Is Rising Despite the Din  —  YOU call this a revolution?  —  Probably the most-heard complaint about big business these days, one seemingly tailored for the 99 percent, is how much money corporate C.E.O.'s routinely pull down.  Many ordinary Americans probably cheered when stockholders …

The Real Story Of Barack Obama  —  A new biography finally challenges Obama's famous memoir.  And the truth might not be quite as interesting as the president, and his enemies, have imagined.  —  David Maraniss's new biography of Barack Obama is the first sustained challenge to Obama's control …

‘Angry’ money gives funding edge to GOP and Romney  —  Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign event at the Cornwall Iron Furnace on June 16, 2012 in Cornwall, Pennsylvania.  Mr. Romney continues hs campaign swing through battle ground states …

Explain to me again why they are called “reporters”?  —  When Neil Munro shouted out a question to Obama yesterday as Obama was reading a statement in the Rose Garden about his unilateral thumbing of Congress and the American people in the eye, a firestorm of condemnation erupted among media-types on both the left and right.

Playbook: Prankster Mitt leaves note  —  How ya doin', Knucklesnorts?" http://mi.tt/LS1tAU  —  ROMNEY TO SCHIEFFER: “Europe is capable of dealing with their banking crisis if they choose to do so” ... PLOUFFE TO STEPHANOPOULOS: “This is within the power of the Europeans to act”

Beau Biden takes shot at Mitt Romney, hits Gov. Bev Perdue  —  Beau Biden, the son of the Democratic vice president, went “off script,” as he called it, to fire a shot a Republican Mitt Romney but hit Gov. Bev Perdue at the same time.  —  At the N.C. Democratic Party's annual fundraising dinner …

Broken Trust Takes Time to Mend  —  PRESIDENT OBAMA caused a stir recently when he said that “the private sector is doing fine” and pinned many of the nation's economic troubles on a decline in public-sector employment.  He cited some interesting numbers, but he didn't draw the right lesson …

New Law To Keep Booze Flowing For Democratic Convention  —  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Adding a twist to blue laws in an increasingly red state, North Carolina's Republican-led legislature is toasting a measure intended to keep the booze flowing at the Democratic National Convention.

DNA Gives New Insights Into Michelle Obama's Roots  —  REX, Ga. — Joan Tribble held tightly to her cane as she ventured into the overgrown cemetery where her people were buried.  There lay the pioneers who once populated north Georgia's rugged frontier, where striving white men planted corn and cotton …