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Leading Democrat calls foreign aid system outmoded
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Letterman, Hoffman, Zeppelin honored by Obama
David Letterman's "stupid human tricks" and Top 10 lists vaulted into the ranks of cultural acclaim Sunday night as the late-night comedian received ...
Broadway lights go up in post-Sandy NYC
The lights went up again on Broadway Wednesday for the first time since Hurricane Sandy hit New York, as entertainers headed back to work in a city ...
In NYC, the show goes on, even if sans audience
For the second night in a row, superstorm Sandy and its aftermath forced David Letterman to live out that performer's nightmare: Telling jokes to a ...
Superstorm Sandy rattles entertainment industry
Video gamers in the Northeast angling to be among the first to play the highly anticipated "Assassin's Creed III" will have to wait a little longer ...
Why don't these voters decide? Some like to mull
Who are these people who still can't make up their minds? They're undecided voters like Kelly Cox, who spends his days repairing the big rigs that ...
Obama to take campaign to 'Tonight Show' Wednesday
President Barack Obama will be sitting down with Jay Leno on the set of "The Tonight Show" Wednesday, less than two weeks before Election Day.
Timeline of events, comments surrounding Benghazi
The attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, has become a major issue in the presidential campaign, focused on the evolving Obama ...
Montana's Gov. Schweitzer creates buzz his own way
A day spent with Montana's Brian Schweitzer riding four-wheelers and talking politics makes it easy to understand why he's one of the most unusual — ...
Jamey Johnson returns with tribute to Hank Cochran
Hank Cochran was one of country music's greatest songwriters. He was also an opportunist, something Jamey Johnson discovered when he met him at a ...
NBC regroups under Comcast with new cuts, spending
NBC slashes Jay Leno's "Tonight" pay in half, but forks out more than $8 billion to renew its broadcast rights to Sunday Night Football. Rumors swirl ...
UK's prime minister takes Letterman history quiz
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron failed to excel on a British history quiz administered by U.S. talk show host David Letterman. Cameron was unable ...
Joke photo on Fox suggests Obama met with pirate
Arrrrgh: Fox News Channel used a joke picture of President Barack Obama sitting with a man in full buccaneer regalia to suggest Thursday that the ...
Letterman: I don't hate Romney for Leno appearance
David Letterman is reassuring Mitt Romney that he doesn't hate him — and getting in a dig at Jay Leno in the process. The Republican presidential ...
Romney's comments ripple across battleground map
Mitt Romney's offhanded comment that as a candidate he doesn't worry about the 47 percent of Americans who pay no income taxes has quickly entered the ...
GOP struggles to parse Romney remarks
Being called "obviously inarticulate" by your running mate isn't something a presidential candidate ever wants to hear. Yet Rep. Paul Ryan was trying ...
Obama jabs at Romney over his '47 percent' remarks
President Barack Obama declared Tuesday night the occupant of the Oval Office must "work for everyone, not just for some," jabbing back at Mitt ...
Analysis: Romney sharpens differences with Obama
Republican Mitt Romney, in describing nearly half of Americans as being docile dependents of the state, and saying it's a "foreign concept" for ...
Fall debates could take on added import
As Mitt Romney's campaign struggles to get past jarring distractions and back on message and President Barack Obama works to build on his small lead ...
Hoffman, Letterman among Kennedy Center honorees
Years after playing a Washington newspaper reporter, Dustin Hoffman is returning to the nation's capital to share an honor with David Letterman — who ...
Wrestler, commentator Lawler in hospital
Professional wrestler and commentator Jerry "The King" Lawler is stable in the cardiac care unit of a Montreal hospital after collapsing during a ...
He's still here: Phoenix rises again with 'Master'
Joaquin Phoenix looked as though he'd lost it, coming completely unglued with his film "I'm Still Here," in which he chronicles his supposed move into ...
Michelle Obama reads Top 10 list on Letterman show
Michelle Obama is getting to be a regular on David Letterman's "Late Show." The first lady delivered Letterman's Top 10 list on Wednesday's show, a ...
CONVENTION WATCH: Obama basks in Clinton's embrace
Convention Watch shows you the 2012 political conventions through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available ...