USCCB Responds To Inaccurate Statement Of Fact On HHS Mandate Made During Vice Presidential Debate  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued the following statement, October 12.  Full text follows:  —  Last night, the following statement was made during …

Author Ed Klein: As Benghazi blame nears Hillary, Clintons grow furious  —  With tensions between President Obama and the Clintons at a new low, former President Bill Clinton is moving fast to develop a contingency plan for how his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton …

Oct. 12: Romney Debate Gains Show Staying Power  —  Mitt Romney continues to surge in the FiveThirtyEight forecast, and Friday may have featured his best set of polls all year.  —  The best way to track a change in the polls is to look for instances in which the same firm has surveyed the same state …

Unmasking Reddit's Violentacrez, The Biggest Troll on the Web  —  Last Wednesday afternoon I called Michael Brutsch.  He was at the office of the Texas financial services company where he works as a programmer and he was having a bad day.  I had just told him, on Gchat …

The Final Word on Mitt Romney's Tax Plan  —  Mitt Romney's campaign says I'm full of it.  I said Romney's tax plan is mathematically impossible: he can't simultaneously keep his pledges to cut tax rates 20 percent and repeal the estate tax and alternative minimum tax; broaden the tax base enough …

“Million Muppet March” planned to defend U.S. backing for PBS  —  (Reuters) - Plans to save Big Bird, the fuzzy yellow character on U.S. public television's “Sesame Street,” from possible extinction are taking shape in the form of a puppet-based protest next month dubbed the “Million Muppet March.”

Shot fired at Obama campaign field office in Denver  —  Police say someone fired a shot at an Obama campaign field office in Denver on Friday afternoon.  —  No one was injured, though people were inside the offices when the incident occurred, said Denver police spokeswoman Raquel Lopez.

Cleveland Bus Driver Suspended After Decking Unruly Female Rider With Brutal Bolo Punch  —  Buster  —  A Cleveland municipal bus driver has been suspended after video surfaced this week showing him decking a mouthy female rider with a bolo punch.  —  The confrontation between …

Paul Ryan Stimulus Funds Requests Show VP Nominee Asked For More Than Previously Reported [READ] … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Paul Ryan, Video, Environmental Protection Agency, Epa Paul Ryan, Government Money, Paul Ryan Epa, Paul Ryan Government Spending, Paul Ryan Stimulus, Ryan Epa …

Egypt's liberals and Islamists clash; 110 injured  —  Opponents, supporters of Presidnet Morsi clash in 1st street violence between rival factions since the Islamist leader took office.  —  CAIRO - Opponents and supporters of Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi clashed in Cairo on Friday …

Florida GOP Group Uses Image Of Dead Ambassador's Body In Obama Attack Ad  —  A Florida chapter of the pro-gay Log Cabin Republicans has published an attack ad against the Obama administration that prominently features a picture of slain Ambassador Chris Stevens, who was killed in an attack …

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