Obama's blend of cool and reserve has proven tough to imitate, and it's dragging down "Saturday Night Live"
Romney's crack about wishing he was Latino shows how very, very white he is
ABC’s latest series offers a new twist on an old formula: An African-American hero who's no one's sidekick
The single biggest cause of wrongful convictions is mistaken eyewitness identification. Is there a better way?
Video of a woman pledging support to Obama for the free phone he gave her goes viral, and the right goes berserk
Groups like Americans for Prosperity, who don't disclose donors, hope to sway a hotly contested Senate election VIDEO
From strikes in Madrid to a cycling triumph in France, here's a look at what dominated the headlines this week
The pioneering bedroom electro-pop artist explains his love for one of the biggest studio bands of the '70s VIDEO
The third-party presidential candidate makes his case
For all the supposed bravery of her latest novel, the author fails to capture the emotions behind women's urges
Mitt Romney is losing not because of a bad campaign but because voters think he would make a bad president
An Iraqi prison break, fierce fighting in Syria, a tragic car chase, Todd Akin and more
An economist explains the end of the NFL referee lockout -- and how it came to this
One Twitter user compares the Obama presidency to an abusive relationship
West's ad drudges up Patrick Murphy's arrest for a bar fight VIDEO
Many have mocked the prime minister’s crude bomb cartoon. Others have lauded him for marking a red line with Iran
The era when movies ruled the culture is long over. Film culture is dead, and TV is to blame
Todd Akin says he opposes the Lily Ledbetter Act and generally has a bad day VIDEO
If you need help docking your large boat, Romney's your man. That's become a problem for voters
CEO Tim Cook says he's really, really sorry for botched Maps app. Somewhere, Steve Jobs is raging
A car chase ends tragically with the cameras still rolling
A third-grader in New Hampshire scores one for LGBT equality in the elementary-school bathroom
The president and the Israeli prime minister smoothed over rumored tensions with U.N. speeches
Unenforced regulations linked to underfunding, understaffing and efforts from groups like ALEC
Instead of establishing a baseline for rich taxpayers, House Republicans want the rich to chip in what they want
When white guys get together to heal racial wounds VIDEO
NFL refs are back to work, but lots more American workers remain locked out
A Republican consulting firm allegedly commits voter registration fraud. Where's the right-wing outrage this time?
Mike Huckabee implies Obama should be impeached for Libya VIDEO
The most shocking thing about the "Sons of Anarchy" actor's death is how unshocking it is
Three years after George Tiller's murder by an anti-abortionist, his aide is picking up where her mentor left off
What kind of person worth hundreds of millions of dollars makes their family take cold showers? VIDEO
The Fars News Agency reprinted a parody story on how rural whites prefer Ahmadinejad to Obama
Given the president's track record of civil rights abuses, it's worth re-examining the "lesser of two evils" debate
In a little-noticed remark, a Wall Streeter admits that execs fear elected officials who have inconvenient morals
Experts split on authenticity of Coptic parchment
The ACLU publishes government records obtained via FOIA
Politico tells us we'll love Mitt's "200-day" plan to fix the economy. But it's a big secret!
Mitt's latest tax returns reveal substantial investments in several lucrative Chinese companies
Bill Marriott saw Mitt drowning and threw him an anchor
