The running mate's strengths -- and weaknesses -- to their tickets, could dramatically change the presidential campaign.
This contest has been unworthy of the candidates--and of a country facing serious choices at home and abroad.
Signs are emerging that the U.S. housing market's long slump is likely to continue through the summer, and may not recover for at least another year.
Housing starts slid 3.3 percent in May to their lowest level in more than 17 years, while permits for future construction also fell.
Despite sweeping Democratic successes in the past two national elections, continuing job losses and President Barack Obama's slipping support could lead to double-digit losses for the party in next year's congressional races.
A group that helped to outlaw gay marriage in California is turning its focus to Iowa, hoping to begin the long process of overturning a state Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage.
Today, some parents have begun signing up their 5-year-olds for summer classes or even tutoring to boost thei
After nearly four years in prison for tax evasion, America’s first reality show star is unapologetic, insisting he was made a victim because of his open homosexuality: “There are personal issues for the prosecutor. The prosecutorial misconduct has been egregious.”
Hawaii turns 50 years old as the 50th state Friday, but there will be no grand parades, no dazzling fireworks, no lavish displays of native culture.
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