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Obama Takes in Rio With Libya on His Mind

RIO DE JANEIRO -- President Barack Obama is slipping from economic pitchman to grand tourist, immersing himself in the sights and sounds of boisterous Rio de Janeiro even as he juggles the demands of U.S. military action in faraway Libya. A day after authorizing missile strikes to help enforce an internationally backed...

Virginia Tech Survivor Is 'Living for 32' in War to Tighten Gun Laws

WASHINGTON -- Surviving the deadliest shooting massacre in U.S. history wasn't enough to make Colin Goddard an advocate for stricter gun laws. Only when he watched another rampage play out on TV two years later did the Virginia Tech graduate realize he had to speak out. "That took me back to the day like none other,"...

Obama's Back on the Hard Court -- as Spectator

WASHINGTON (Nov. 27) -- A day after it took 12 stitches to patch a busted lip President Barack Obama suffered during a game of pickup basketball, he was back on the hard court Saturday - as a spectator. Obama took the whole family to Howard University, where they watched the Oregon State Beavers defeat the Howard Bison,...

Obama and Boehner -- More Alike Than You Think

(Nov. 6) -- One of the big open questions coming out of the midterm elections is how -- or better yet, whether -- President Barack Obama and presumptive future House Speaker John Boehner will get along. Sure, Obama attacked Boehner by name shortly before the election, saying he had "no new policies." And yes, Boehner...

'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Is Back On, Indefinitely: Initial Reactions

(Nov. 1) -- The day before the critical midterm elections, the Obama administration has won its federal case to extend the freeze on the overturning of "don't ask, don't tell," which was ruled unconstitutional by another federal judge less than a month ago. What does it all mean? Under the previous ruling, the...