9 News sits down with VP candidate Paul Ryan  —  OXFORD, Ohio - 9 News sat down for a one-on-one interview with vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan during his visit to his alma mater at Miami University.  —  Ryan talked with 9 News anchor Brendan Keefe about how Miami was a turning point for his career …

CNN Electoral Map: Wisconsin moves to true “toss up”  —  (CNN) - CNN Thursday turned the important battleground state of Wisconsin from “lean Obama” to true “toss up” on its electoral map, in the wake of Mitt Romney's naming of House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, a seven term congressman from the Badger state, as his running mate.

White House says Obama will stick with Biden as running mate  —  President Obama has no intention of getting rid of Vice President Biden as his running mate, the White House said Thursday.  —  Republicans are being “ridiculous” and are trying to “distract attention” with their focus …

Mitt Romney paid taxes at a rate of at least 13 percent.  And he's proud to say so.  —  Can we stand back and pause a short minute to take in the spectacle of a man who wants to be President of The United States, who wants us to seriously regard him as a paragon of the American civic ideal …

MSNBC's Touré: Romney Engaging In The ‘Niggerization’ Of Obama  —  On Thursday's edition of MSNBC's The Cycle the group discussed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's assertion that President Obama should “take [his] campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago.”

SPLC: Family Research Council License-to-Kill Claim ‘Outrageous’  —  Editor's Note: The following statement may be attributed to Mark Potok, Senior Fellow of the Southern Poverty Law Center and editor of its Intelligence Report and Hatewatch blog.  —  Yesterday's attack on the Family Research Council …

How I became George Obama's ‘brother’  —  A few days ago I received a call from a man I recently met named George.  He was a bit flustered, and soon informed me that his young son was sick with a chest condition.  He pleaded with me to send him $1,000 to cover the medical bills.

Serial Fraud Kept Congressman in Office  —  A new Washington Post poll found that 74 percent of Americans support having voters show ID at the polls, and a full 81 percent think voter fraud is a problem.  —  They have reason to be concerned.  This month, four staffers for former Michigan …

Obama's costly investment not yielding new voters  —  REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)  —  Across Florida on Wednesday, President Obama's campaign scheduled 53 field events to register voters.  Last weekend in Virginia, there were at least 78 such events …

For Europe's Economy, a Lost Decade Looms  —  FRANKFURT — The euro zone is hurtling back into recession, economists declared after official figures this week portrayed a shrinking economy.  But by some measures the downturn has been under way for years.  —  With the exception of Germany …