Mitt Romney stayed at Bain 3 years longer than he stated  —  Firm's 2002 filings identify him as CEO, though he said he left in 1999  —  Nine SEC filings submitted by four different business entities after February 1999 describe Romney as Bain boss.  —  Government documents filed …

New urgency for Team Obama  —  A new urgency has swept into President Obama's campaign as disappointing fundraising numbers have emerged alongside the shaky economy as a major threat to his prospects for reelection.  —  While the president's aides originally maintained they wouldn't be moving from …

NBC News Report: Jesse Jackson Jr Is Found  —  Jackson Jr.'s staff says he's being treated for a mood disorder, not substance abuse  —  The Jesse Jackson Jr. camp Wednesday night released only the barest of details of the congressman's purported illness.  —  “The congressman …

TPM2012  —  Mitt Romney: I Have Secret Black Supporters  —  Mitt Romney told Fox News Wednesday that black leaders support him, but are afraid to say so publicly.  —  After his speech to the NAACP national convention Wednesday, Romney said he connected with black leaders in private …

Obama Sinks to Historic Lows Among Blue-Collar Men  —  The new Quinnipiac University and ABC/Washington Post national surveys out this week converge on one key conclusion: as the election nears, President Obama is sinking to historic lows among the group most consistently hostile to him.

Accountant Claims Wrongful Termination Essentially Because Her Job Was Too Hard  —  This has been one hell of a day for ridiculous lawsuits.  We've already dealt with Octomoms turned strippers and thick girls who want to go to law school.  Now we've got an office worker who claims …

The SUV Did It!  —  Scott wrote here about the appalling case of a 16-year-old St. Paul girl, Clarisse Grime, who was sitting in the grass at her high school, nowhere near the street, when she was struck and killed by a vehicle that careened out of control and bounced off a fire hydrant.

Meet The Republican Party's 23-Year Old James Cameron  —  Lucas Baiano is back in action “The thing about Lucas's videos: they make people march.”  What is this, this Les Mis ??  —  Source: ia.media-imdb.com  —  Source: youtube.com  —  Lucas Baiano, the video maker who drew attention …

Michael Tomasky on Mitt Romney the Race Baiter at the NAACP  —  With his incendiary speech to the NAACP, Mitt crossed an ugly line.  No longer simply spineless and disingenuous, he's now become a race-mongering pyromaniac.  Plus Mansfield Frazier on Romney's diversity problem.

NRA draws red line on UN arms treaty  —  The National Rifle Association (NRA) warned the United Nations on Wednesday that the effort to craft international rules for weapons sales will go nowhere in Congress if it includes civilian arms.  —  Wayne LaPierre, the CEO of the powerful lobby group …

DNA Match Tying Protest to 2004 Killing Is Doubted  —  By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN  —  A link between DNA from the unsolved killing of Sarah Fox, a Juilliard student, in 2004 and DNA taken from a chain placed at the site of an Occupy Wall Street action in March may be the result …

Facebook fuses emotion into its tagging, cyberbullying updates  —  (CNN) — Communication on Facebook started with the simple, emotionally vague “poke.”  —  Over the past eight years, many features have been added to the social network, multiplying the ways people can interact with each other.

NOM to Kirk Cameron: You're Hired!  —  Hey, remember a few months ago, when the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) got caught in court documents blatantly trying to create resentment between the LGBT community and other minority groups?  Remember how nestled in those court documents …

Brown, Warren offer different ideas on deficit  —  Democrat Elizabeth Warren would impose higher taxes on top earners, end oil subsidies, and raise estate taxes to cut the federal deficit.  Senator Scott Brown would repeal President Obama's health law, freeze federal pay, and consolidate redundant federal agencies.

Socialists scream for ‘free, free Palestine’ and ‘free abortion on demand’ [VIDEO]  —  CHICAGO - Fifteen hundred socialists recently convened in suburban Chicago at the International Socialist Organization's annual conference.  Like previous years, attendees consumed Marxist propaganda …

GOP welcomes Boehner-Cantor detente  —  Tensions between the top two House Republicans have faded into the background.  —  Tensions between the top two House Republicans have faded into the background of an intense election year.  —  GOP lawmakers who urged Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) …