In Exclusive Interview, Paul Ryan Distances Self From Todd Akin  —  CARNEGIE (KDKA) — In Congressman Paul Ryan's first interview in Pennsylvania, Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick reacted strongly to Congressman Todd Akin's comment than women who are raped rarely get pregnant.

CBO warns of deep recession if Congress fails to avert ‘fiscal cliff’  —  The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Wednesday warned the economy will enter a recession next year if the country goes over the so-called fiscal cliff.  —  In its most dire warning yet about the fiscal cliff …

Signs of divine intervention for Republicans?  —  Has God forsaken the Republican Party?  —  Well, sit in judgment of what's happened in the past few days:  —  A report comes out that a couple dozen House Republicans engaged in an alcohol-induced frolic, in one case nude, in the Sea of Galilee …

NBC/WSJ poll: Heading into conventions, Obama has four-point lead  —  After Mitt Romney selected his vice presidential running mate, and just days before the political conventions kick off next week, President Barack Obama maintains his advantage in the race for the White House, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

Costs Seen in Romney's Medicare Savings Plan  —  WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney's promise to restore $716 billion that he says President Obama “robbed” from Medicare has some health care experts puzzled, and not just because his running mate, Representative Paul D. Ryan, included the same savings in his House budgets.

Ledbetter, Baldwin, Longoria to address Dem convention  —  The Democratic National Convention Committee unveiled a list of prominent women Wednesday to speak at party's upcoming convention in Charlotte, including Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards and Lilly Ledbetter …

Prince Harry — Naked Photos of Las Vegas Rager Leaked  —  During Vegas Rager  —  Prince Harry put the crown jewels on display in Vegas this weekend ... getting BARE ASS NAKED during a game of strip billiards with a room full of friends in his VIP suite.  —  It all went down Friday night during …

As Isaac churns up reminder of Gustav, GOP planners say they're ready  —  (CNN) - Four years ago Hurricane Gustav brought the first night of the Republican National Convention in land-locked St. Paul, Minnesota to a halt.  —  Today, RNC-goers are bracing for déjà vu all over again.

Oklahoma kindergartner banned from wearing Michigan shirt  —  An Oklahoma City kindergartner was forced to turn his University of Michigan shirt inside out last week because it violated a city ban on any apparel not supportive of the state's college teams.  —  Cooper Barton, 5, comes from a family of Michigan fans.

Radical GOP Platform Calls For Constitutional Amendment To Make Tax Increases Virtually Impossible … The Republican Party spent all day Tuesday debating and drafting the party's official platform, and by the end of the day, it approved a draft of the “most conservative platform in modern history.”

Labor Department spends stimulus funds for ads during Olbermann, Maddow shows  —  Contract shows no new jobs were created  —  The Labor Department paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal stimulus funds to a public relations firm to run more than 100 commercials touting …

The rise of the ‘Drawbridge Republicans’  —  As Republicans head toward next week's convention something extraordinary has come into view now that their ticket is complete.  —  Mitt Romney came from wealth and went on to build his own quarter-of-a-billion dollar fortune.

Like a Boss  —  When it comes to being a rich guy, Mitt Romney should own it  —  What do women want?  The conventional biological wisdom is that men select mates for fertility, while women select for status — thus the commonness of younger women's pairing with well-established older men but the rarity of the converse.

Tapper: Media Failing Country  —  In an interview with Laura Ingraham, White House reporter Jake Tapper said that the media is failing the country.  —  “A lot of people are hurting out there.  Unemployment is 8.3 percent.  That doesn't even take into account the underemployed,” he said …