Obama turns to Bill Clinton, the old pro, to help win reelection  —  President Obama is turning to Bill Clinton, his former foe, for a big lift at the Democratic convention in Charlotte, N.C.  —  The ex-president on Wednesday night will formally place Obama's name into nomination …

Democratic aide: GOP thinks “lying is a virtue”  —  (CBS News) As President Obama and the Democrats gear up for their convention in Charlotte, N.C., this week, Democrats unpacked their thoughts on last week's Republican convention.  Senior campaign aide Stephanie Cutter said she gathered that Republicans “think lying is a virtue.”

Rev. Sun Myung Moon, 92, Self-Proclaimed Messiah Who Built Religious Movement, Dies  —  The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the Korean evangelist, businessman and self-proclaimed messiah who built a religious movement notable for its mass weddings, fresh-faced proselytizers and links to vast commercial interests …

Obama's Response To Clint Eastwood Was The Most RT'd Tweet Of RNC … More than 51,000 people re-tweeted it, as of Sunday.  Obama was presumed to be sitting in the empty chair during Eastwood's prime time speech, which the crowd ate up but which received negative reviews in the press.

New Obama Ad Makes Middle-Class Appeal  —  President Barack Obama's campaign is running a new television ad claiming Republican Mitt Romney's policies would “hit the middle class harder.”  —  The ad says Romney wants to extend tax cuts for millionaires at the expense of middle-income earners.

Rosie Ruiz Republicans  —  Remember Rosie Ruiz?  In 1980 she was the first woman to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon — except it turned out that she hadn't actually run most of the race, that she sneaked onto the course around a mile from the end.

One California Democrat hospitalized, another causes disturbance after night of drinking  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A California delegate to the Democratic National Convention was hospitalized early this morning, after apparently falling unconscious in a hotel lobby following a night of drinking …

U.S. Companies Brace for an Exit From the Euro by Greece  —  Even as Greece desperately tries to avoid defaulting on its debt, American companies are preparing for what was once unthinkable: that Greece could soon be forced to leave the euro zone.  —  Bank of America Merrill Lynch has looked …

In the Los Angeles Area, Bans Are Hot  —  LOS ANGELES — “Whatever it is, I'm against it!”  Groucho Marx sang in a 1932 picture filmed on the Paramount lot here.  —  Today's Southern Californians seem to agree.  —  Once known for its sunny, freewheeling disposition …

U-Haul with equipment for Biden event stolen in Detroit  —  Washington (CNN) - A U-Haul truck loaded with equipment for a Monday event featuring Vice President Joe Biden was stolen in Detroit Sunday, a spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service said.  —  “A U-Haul that we were utilizing was stolen …

Bush Chief Political Strategist: Paul Ryan's Speech Was Full Of Lies … On ABC's This Week on Sunday, Matthew Dowd, chief political strategist for former President Bush's 2004 re-election campaign, criticized Ryan's for its many falsehoods, saying, “at some point, the truth should matter”:

White House releases recipe in beer brouhaha  —  Obama concocts his Pennsylvania Ave. home brew  —  President Obama's fondness for beer has been well documented.  Now the White House has bowed to demand for his recipe for beer that he concocted himself with a little help.

Obama, a ‘huge’ Clint Eastwood fan, not offended by skit  —  DES MOINES - President Obama wants to make it clear that, in his own words, “I am a huge Clint Eastwood fan.”  —  “He is a great actor, and an even better director,” the president said in an interview with USA TODAY aboard Air Force One …