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Need Answers? Ask Paul the Psychic Octopus

Jul 8, 2010 - 3:04 PM |AOL News

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(July 8) -- Forget about the LeBron James prime-time TV special tonight. Sure, millions across America will tune in to find out which team the NBA free-agent superstar will join. But tomorrow, the...

Gaffe-o-Rama: Boehner, Biden, Obama and Palin

Jul 2, 2010 - 1:48 PM |AOL News

Carolyn Kaster, AP

(July 2) -- Talk about making a mountain out of an anthill. House Minority Leader John Boehner's poor choice of words to criticize financial reform legislation ignited a public spat that drew as much...

A Reminder: Larry King Once Ruled Cable News

Jun 30, 2010 - 2:29 PM |AOL News

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(June 30) -- His ratings aren't what they used to be and many critics dismiss him as a dinosaur in the new-media age, but there's no denying Larry King's remarkable broadcasting legacy. He's been on...

So Far, Obama Era Has Been Good for Gun Owners

Jun 29, 2010 - 3:02 PM |AOL News

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(June 29) -- Monday's Supreme Court decision upholding individual gun rights is the latest development to challenge the notion that the Second Amendment is a target for the Obama administration. In...

New Poll Numbers Are Worst of Obama's Presidency

Jun 24, 2010 - 12:42 PM |AOL News

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(June 24) -- More Americans now believe the country is moving in the wrong direction, and fewer approve of President Barack Obama's performance than at any time since he took office. And it's not...

5 Reasons Obama Should Not Have Let McChrystal Go

Jun 23, 2010 - 2:16 PM |AOL News

Evan Vucci, AP

(June 23) -- President Barack Obama has accepted Gen. Stanley McChrystal's resignation as his Afghanistan war commander. To the vast majority of pundits, Obama had no choice because of the uproar...

This Week's Worst (and Best) Performances

Jun 18, 2010 - 3:47 PM |AOL News

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(June 18) -- Summer is about to begin, and if recent news stories are any indication, it's going to be a long, hot one filled with viral videos, apologies and an unstoppable torrent of talk about the...

Conservatives Call BP Fund an Obama 'Shakedown'

Jun 17, 2010 - 12:49 PM |AOL News

Haraz N. Ghanbari, AP

(June 17) -- Some conservatives who've complained that President Barack Obama isn't doing enough about the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico now say he's gone too far. They're criticizing the $20...

The Left Bashes Obama's Oil Spill Speech

Jun 16, 2010 - 12:45 PM |AOL News

Alex Brandon, AP

(June 16) -- President Barack Obama must have known nothing he could say about the BP disaster in his first Oval Office speech would satisfy his conservative critics. He was right about that. But he...

The Making of a Folk Hero: Gary Faulkner, bin Laden Hunter

Jun 15, 2010 - 12:02 PM |AOL News

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(June 15) -- Gary Faulkner's daring plan to kill Osama bin Laden has made him an overnight sensation online. Every folk hero needs a nickname, so headline writers around the world are working to...

Many Questions, Few Answers From Alvin Greene

Jun 14, 2010 - 2:17 PM |AOL News

Mary Ann Chastain, AP

(June 14) -- With every interview he does, the mystery of would-be U.S. senator Alvin Greene gets deeper and stranger. A week ago, virtually nobody had heard of the unemployed veteran with no...

Caught on Camera: A Week of Eye-Opening Videos

Jun 11, 2010 - 4:21 PM |AOL News

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(June 11) -- "God, what is that hair? Sooo yesterday." That's not a Lindsay Lohan line from "Mean Girls." Carly Fiorina said it hours after winning the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in...

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