There's a new injury going around in political circles these days: it's called political whiplash. Fortunately, there is a cure for this. It involves focusing less on the minute by minute movements and more on the fundamentals. And, at this point, the fundamentals favor Obama.
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Police in Texas arrested a man who allegedly lured a teenage girl into his home under the pretense he knew black magic and then sexually assaulted her. Mario Munoz-Verudes, 60, was booked into the Harris County Jail on Saturday on rape charges. The alleged sexual...
Google honors the Danish Physicist with Atomic-themed doodle.
A campus police officer at the University of South Alabama fatally shot a naked freshman who authorities said repeatedly rushed the officer in a threatening manner. At 1: 23 a.m. Saturday, an officer responded to a banging noise on the window of the police station....
Senior Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs slammed Mitt Romney’s “theatrical” presidential debate performance this morning on “This Week” for what he said was the GOP presidential nominee’s lack of detail, calling his performance “dishonest” and saying the only thing Romney would cut from the federal budget is...
The Fox News anchor on his debate showdown with Jon Stewart.
Some travelers are willing to pay someone to make travel plans for them.
Authorities in Colorado are reviewing recent phone calls and social media clues in the disappearance of missing 10-year-old girl Jessica Ridgeway.
This Sunday Venezuelans will vote for president and for the first time since Hugo Chávez took office in 1998 the result is not a foregone conclusion. The odds still favor Hugo Chávez who has significant fiscal resources, control of state media and a loyal and organized party base.
However, the challenger Henrique Capriles, who has united the opposition and run a stellar campaign, is tied with Chávez, according to some polls.
So what happens if Capriles pulls off the upset and defeats Chávez?
If Chavez loses, one needs to be very thankful, but the challenges are going to be huge,² says Alberto Bernal, Head of Research at Bulltick Capital and an open critic of Chávez¹s economic policies.
A rare form of fungal meningitis has killed seven people and sickened 64 across nine states.
Mike Ansel of Lancaster County, Pa., (pictured left) may have known his refrigerator was old but he was still pleasantly surprised to learn his working 1938 General Electric model won the Oldest Refrigerator Contest hosted by utility firm PPL Electric. The statewide contest was the first...
Brandi Hitt investigates the increasing costs at the gas pump.
If you've ever witnessed a great white shark attack, you know the meaning of the word "relentless." The giant creature's dorsal fin traces a circle in the water as it spots a vulnerable victim; the shark makes a first strike, then a second and a third, coolly and methodically; the victim struggles, weakens and finally succumbs to the massive loss of blood. Some victims survive, of course --- but for many, once marked for attack, it's only a matter of time.