BOSTON -- Gallup, the company that has faced intense criticism after its polling consistently understated President Barack Obama's support during the 2012 campaign, shared details of its ongoing review of its election polling methods on Saturday. Over a f

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BALTIMORE -- The old guy still gets up crack-of-dawn early. Not because D. Wayne Lukas has something left to prove, or anything more to gain."/>

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By Marlene Cimons, Climate Nexus: Marlene Cimons of Climate Nexus contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights."/>

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The Billboard Music Awards isn't always the jazziest award show of the year, but Sunday's program featured at least one standout moment. R&B crooner Miguel jump kicked from one part of the stage to another during his performance of "Adorn,"

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday conceded that there is no evidence that President Barack Obama or the White House were involved in the IRS' targeting of groups affiliated with the tea party. The acknowledgement follo

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The student loan program calls attention to the double standards of debt relief. Corporations are able to declare bankruptcy under Chapter 11 and write off old loan -- but college debt follows former students literally to the grave even if they go bankrup

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They say hindsight is 20/20, but according to Paul Krugman it may actually be much worse than that when it comes to economic policy-making. "/>

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday appeared to defend the Obama administration's controversial leak investigation into the Associated Press -- an inquiry that sparked outrage after the Department of Justice subpoenaed p

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ABC News' Jonathan Karl expressed "regret" over his reporting on Benghazi in a statement on Sunday. "/>

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WASHINGTON -- Karl Rove on Sunday defended his group Crossroads GPS, a 501(c)4 non-profit organization, against charges that it improperly benefited from a tax exemption intended for social welfare organizations. Rove said liberal organizations had first

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A new poll shows that recent scandals haven't hurt President Obama's approval rating. "/>

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NEW YORK -- The Organization of American States on Friday released a report laying out a future in which more countries in the Western Hemisphere legalize marijuana. Although marijuana decriminalization and legalization was only one "scenario" o

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Sunday that he does not know whether President Barack Obama intentionally misled the public about the nature of the September 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, backtracking from previous comments that the administr

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said earlier this week in a little-noticed interview that he knew "approximately" what the IRS inspector general would report about selective targeting of conservative groups, but that it wasn't appropr

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TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) -- A 6-year-old boy who was accidentally shot in the head by a 4-year-old playmate has died from his wounds, authorities said Tuesday night."/>

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Radio host Pete Santilli made shocking remarks about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, claiming she should be "shot" for being "involved in the killings of American troops." Santilli hosts a show on his website, but says he's

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A friend once told me that she and her siblings had spent the previous day at Disneyland.I was jealous."We spent hours there," she said, "eating chocolate."I was sooo jealous."White chocolate," she said. Suddenly I wasn't jea

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When our government tells us such an agreement will create jobs in the U.S., they are saying that the agreement will increase our exports faster than imports."/>

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It’s obvious that the unprecedented Senate Republican obstruction of executive branch nominations is bad for the president; it’s bad for the smooth functioning of the government; and it’s bad for voters who elected a Democratic president and a solid, 55-s

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It was so easy in the "old days" to receive unwanted spam in your email inbox and just delete it, now spam is a sly thing, it creeps into everything and there are many forms. Social media is now the new spam magnet."/>

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