EXCLUSIVE - Romney on Debates: Obama Will 'Say Things That Aren't True'  —  With the first presidential debate less than three weeks away, Mitt Romney is spending lots of time getting ready behind closed doors.  In his first comments on that debate prep, he told me that Sen. Rob Portman …

A Map of Muslim Protests Around the World  —  If you can't keep track of all the Muslim protests erupting across the globe, you're not alone.  The uproar over a 14-minute anti-Islam YouTube video has sparked furious protests from Somalia to Egypt to Sudan to Tunisia to Libya to Bangladesh to Indonesia to Pakistan.

‘Innocence of Muslims’: Administration asks YouTube to review video  —  Bangladeshi Muslims burn a U.S. flag in protest against the movie “Innocence of Muslims” in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Thursday.  —  Administration officials have asked YouTube to review a controversial video that many blame …

Revealed: inside story of US envoy's assassination  —  Exclusive: America ‘was warned of embassy attack but did nothing’  —  NOTE: WE DO NOT STORE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) BUT YOUR IP ADDRESS WILL BE LOGGED TO PREVENT ABUSE OF THIS FEATURE.  PLEASE READ OUR LEGAL TERMS & POLICIES

University of Texas classes canceled  —  All other activities will resume at 5 p.m. Friday  —  AUSTIN (KXAN) - Classes at the University of Texas are canceled for Friday following a bomb threat from a caller claiming to be with al-Qaida who said he placed bombs all over campus.

THOUSAND  —  Campaign sources say they had expected between 2,000 and 4,000 volunteers to dial into the video conference from around the country, but ended up with 6,000 .  Most of them were “team leaders” in the Obama organization, tasked with organizing volunteers and building the organization, an official said.

Bryan Fischer: Today's GOP Will Be ‘Dead’ If Romney Loses  —  A Barack Obama win in November will lead to a meltdown within the Republican Party, said Bryan Fischer, an influential official at the American Family Association.  And he isn't too optimistic about Mitt Romney's chances.

China commentary slams Romney's “foolish” China-bashing  —  (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's attacks on China and promise to name the country a currency manipulator if elected are foolish and hypocritical, China's official Xinhua news agency said on Friday.

Samuel's prez ad: Wake the f@#k up!  —  They picked the perfect actor for a political ad loaded with f-bombs.  —  Samuel L. Jackson will film a provocative spot supporting President Obama's re-election bid as early as tomorrow — telling voters to “Wake the f—k up, Vote for Obama.”

Kansas Goes Birther: State Board Considers Removing Obama From Ballot  —  Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an informal advisor to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, said on Thursday he and his fellow members of a state board were considering removing President Barack Obama from the Kansas ballot this November.

US-commanded MFO in Sinai under attack — dead reported in compound  —  Israel media - Channel 2 - just reported that the US-commanded Multi-National Force Observors headquarters in the Sinai is under assault.  Salafists laid seige to the building this afternoon and some 50 armed men stormed it.

Jennifer Granholm, DNC Firebrand, ‘Cute’ on '78 ‘Dating Game’  —  Here's Jennifer Granholm like you've never seen her.  The former Michigan governor and current liberal talkshow host, who gave the single most-fiery speech at the Democratic convention, was a contestant on “The Dating Game” in 1978.

Black flag of Islam flies over U.S. embassy in Tunisia as America is targeted by angry mobs across the globe in day of chaos  — 10,000 Muslims stage a noisy protest in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, burning and trampling American flags while chanting anti-US slogans

Sept. 13: After Convention Bounce, Holding Obama's Polls to a Higher Standard  —  On Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time, there was a deluge of comments in my Twitter feed when NBC News and Marist University released poll results showing President Obama with clear leads in three swing states.

At Least Three Republican Electoral College Candidates May Refuse To Vote For Mitt Romney  —  One of the most basic tasks the two political parties must perform every four years is identifying 538 people loyal to their nominee, who will cast the only votes that truly matter in the presidential election …

Poll: Obama Holds Narrow Edge Over Romney  —  President Obama holds a narrow three-point advantage over Mitt Romney among Americans most likely to vote in November, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.  —  With their back-to-back political conventions behind …

Group At Conservative Conference Urge Women To ‘Go Home And Put Some Clothes On’  —  WASHINGTON, DC — Literature being handed out at the Values Voter Summit on Friday attacks women for being “immodest” and extolled them to “go home and put some clothes on!”