Former Louisiana Gov. Roemer leaving GOP to try presidential campaign trail as an independent - Wed, 22 Feb
BATON ROUGE, La. - Former Louisiana Gov. Charles "Buddy" Roemer is abandoning his bid to win the Republican presidential...

Governor declares 2012 year of the entrepreneur - Wed, 22 Feb
2012 will officially be the year of the entrepreneur in Virginia. Gov. Bob McDonnell signed a proclamation this morning at the State Capitol as about 100 entrepreneurs from across the state were on...

UPDATE: 'Daily Show' latest to lampoon Va. ultrasound bill - Wed, 22 Feb
Jon Stewart and "The Daily Show" on Tuesday night became the latest to satirize a measure pending in Virginia's legislature that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion. The House of Delegates has twice delayed votes on the Senate's version of the requirement and is expected to again...

Congress ministers responsible for discrimination:BJP - Wed, 22 Feb
Jammu, February 22 (Scoop News) – Congress ministers from Jammu have been continuously betraying the people of Jammu province and compromising for their personal benefits. This was alleged by Jammu Mahanar BJP District President Rajesh Gupta while addressing the party activists who had gathered at Gangyal Chowk to register protest...

Five Money Men - Wed, 22 Feb
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Cantor's New Leadership Style? - Wed, 22 Feb
The Hill provides a behind-the-scenes look at how House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) successfully navigated the STOCK Act, the bill that would apply insider trading laws to members of Congress, through...

Georgia Democrats Propose Limits on Vasectomies - Wed, 22 Feb
As a Georgia lawmakers weigh a ban on most women getting abortions 20 weeks after...

Ex-director: Local NJ police didn't spy on Muslims - Wed, 22 Feb
NEWARK, N.J. — A former police director of New Jersey's largest city says no local officers were used in a spying operation that monitored and catalogued his city's...

Castro, Gonzalez named to Obama campaign - Wed, 22 Feb
WASHINGTON — San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro and U.S. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez were named national co-chairmen for the Obama for America campaign to re-elect the president, officials said Wednesday. Castro and...

Roemer leaving GOP, but not presidential campaign - Wed, 22 Feb
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Former Louisiana Gov. Charles "Buddy" Roemer is abandoning his bid to win the Republican presidential...

Geithner: Obama seeks 28 percent corp. tax rate - Wed, 22 Feb
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the current business tax system is bad for business and for job...

High court torn over law banning lie about medals - Wed, 22 Feb
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appears to be sharply divided over a law that makes it a crime to...

While London watches, Zimbabwe slips further into the abyss - Wed, 22 Feb
The media is rightly focused on Iran and Syria lately, but something brewing in southern Africa merits our attention, specifically the Obama administration's attention. Zimbabwe slips further into the abyss as President (for life) Robert Mugabe keeps winning at the game of dictatorship. Two news items stand out: the dictator announced he's running for president again, and opposition leader-cum-Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has gone over to the dark side. Mugabe has been in power for over thirty years and all he has to show for it are grinding poverty and a deplorable human...

Online group to host alternative nominating contest for candidate to challenge Obama, GOP nominee - Wed, 22 Feb
A nonpartisan, nonprofit organization looking to spice up the 2012 election wants to use the latest technology to create the first online-based nominating process for a third and independent candidate to challenge President Obama and the GOP. And while it sounds like a third political party, Americans Elect says it is only interested in creating a second nominating process designed to provide voters with ballot access in all 50 states for the would-be nominee. "Technology has leveled the playing field in every other facet of our lives except for our political lives. It's the only place where as Americans we're forced to accept Brand A and Brand B. So let's crack that open....

Polls: Romney leads in Arizona, tied with Santorum in Michigan - Wed, 22 Feb
Reporting from Washington— Mitt Romney has regained the lead in Arizona but is locked in a tie with rival Rick Santorum as primary day looms less than a week away, according to a pair of new polls released Wednesday. The polls suggest Romney’s message is resonating with more pragmatic voters who are focused on finding a candidate who can beat President Obama in a general election. An NBC/Marist poll of likely Republican primary voters in Arizona shows Romney leading the pack with 43%, a 16...