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- Romney accuses Obama of pandering on immigration
The GOP candidate says his opponent is just playing politics with his recent policy shift.
- Roger Clemens acquitted on all charges
The former star pitcher was accused of lying to Congress about using steroids, but the jury found the evidence insufficient to convict.
- Microsoft announces a tablet of its own, the Surface
The tablet comes with a keyboard built into its over and is aimed at Apple's iPad.
- Webb Simpson wins US Open Championship
Of the last 18 players to tee off in the final round, Simpson was the only one to break par.
- Prosecutors rest case in Jerry Sandusky trial
Jurors have already heard Sandusky deny the abuse allegations, in the form of an audio recording of a stilted television interview Sandusky conducted shortly after his November arrest.
- Rodney King, key figure in LA race riot, reported dead
Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation's history, died Sunday.
- Is there a Dad Divide to go with the Mommy Wars?
Whether they say it out loud or acknowledge it at all, that work-home divide traditionally reserved for the Mommy Wars can also rear between dads who go off to the office every day and the kind in the trenches with the kids.
- Tantalizing 'what if's' 40 years after Watergate
Forty years of investigation have yielded no simple answer to how a clumsy raid that Richard Nixon's spokesman termed a 'third-rate burglary' became a titanic constitutional struggle and led to his resignation.
- Raging NM fire prompts rescue of threatened fish
Biologists are trying to save the threatened Gila trout in New Mexico from post-wildfire ravages as crews around the West struggle to contain blazes that have charred hundreds of square miles.
- Wallenda exuberant after wire walk across Niagara Falls
There was 'wind coming from every which way,' mist so powerful it clouded his vision and an unfamiliar wire beneath him, but daredevil Nik Wallenda didn't let that stop him.
- NBA Finals: LeBron helps Heat hold on to beat Thunder in Game 2
LeBron James hit two critical free throws in the closing seconds as Miami staved off a furious Oklahoma City fourth quarter rally Thursday night.
- US Open golf: Thompson leads, but Tiger lurks after 1st round
Michael Thompson shot the best score in the field on Thursday. But Tiger Woods, fresh off his win at the Memorial, is in a good position going into Friday.
- EPA issues new soot regulations
The new rule is a political hot potato, and Democrats tried to delay its issue until after the election. However, a lawsuit forced their hand.
- Armstrong girding for fight against drug charges
His lawyers have made initial moves to demand information from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and appear to be preparing to fight the charges in the press as well.
- Romney, Obama square off with Ohio speeches
The Democratic and Republican candidates took aim at each other and the economy in back to back speeches lobbed across the state of Ohio.
- Battleground Ohio to host dueling messages from Obama and Romney
The campaign appearances mark the first time Obama and Romney have taken their message to the same state on the same day.
- Wounded aide wins Giffords' seat in Arizona election
Ron Barber, who was wounded in the shooting, won the special election on Tuesday night.
- Senate fight brews over Obama's Iraq ambassador pick
Brett McGurk is drawing the ire of Senate Republicans, who point to an inappropriate relationship with his now-wife when she was a journalist.
- Roger Clemens jurors ask for exhibits list as deliberations continue
The jury only deliberated for a half-day today on the former pitcher's perjury trial; they will return Monday because the judge is out of town the rest of the week.
- Forest Service: Wildfires intensify need for forest management
Service chief Tom Tidwell says forests need to be returned to a more natural state to prevent so-called "super fires."