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Indie time: Sundance sets focus on low-budget film
It's that time of year again when a tiny ski-resort town becomes the place to be for anyone in show business — stars and directors, distribution ...
TV documentary features presidents' staff chiefs
Makers of a Discovery network documentary on presidential chiefs of staff have a perfect participation record. All 19 living men who had that job gave ...
Clinton receiving blood thinners to dissolve clot
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to recover in a New York hospital where she's being treated for a blood clot in her head.
Doctors: Blood clot located in Clinton's head
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton developed a blood clot in her head but did not suffer a stroke or neurological damage, her doctors said ...
Cubs' Sveum accidentally shot by Yount on hunt
Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum says he's OK after former teammate Robin Yount accidentally shot him in the right ear and back with pellets during a ...
Dick Cheney working on book about heart treatment
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, one of the world's most prominent heart patients, is working on a book about his many battles with coronary disease ...
Kutcher is Jobs, Seyfried is Lovelace at Sundance
Ashton Kutcher as Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Amanda Seyfried as porn star Linda Lovelace are among the highlights at January's Sundance Film ...
Petraeus affair and the role of biographers
The affair between retired Army Gen. David Petraeus and author Paula Broadwell is but an extreme example of the love/hate history between biographers ...
Ex-CIA man pleads to leaking operative's identity
A former CIA officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to leaking the identity of one of the agency's covert operatives to a reporter and will be sentenced to ...
Wyoming Democrat wages lonely congressional fight
Chris Henrichsen's hopeful knocking on doors only disturbed the afternoon naps of dogs in a previously quiet Casper neighborhood. Then he finally hit ...
Barbra Streisand is a proud Brooklynite at concert
Barbra Streisand was full of Brooklyn pride as she belted out well-known tunes with passion during a concert at the newly built Barclays Center.
Ky. Town, college seeking a boost from VP debate
Politicians aren't the only ones looking for a debate-related boost when Joe Biden and Paul Ryan go toe-to-toe in Kentucky. In one way or another, the ...
Retiring Sen. Snowe of Maine plans book for 2013
Sen. Olympia Snowe plans a few words about politics even after leaving office. The Maine Republican, who has cited Washington's partisan atmosphere ...
Rights Watch: Evidence of wider US waterboarding
Human Rights Watch said it has uncovered evidence of a wider use of waterboarding than previously acknowledged by the CIA, in a report Thursday ...
Storm forces GOP to scrap first day of convention
Republican officials abruptly announced plans Saturday night to scrap the first day of their national convention, bowing to the threat of Tropical ...
Afghan rockets damage US general's plane
An insurgent rocket attack damaged the plane of the top U.S. general as it sat parked at a coalition base in Afghanistan on Tuesday, dealing another ...
The veep: A regular and not-so-regular Joe
After Joe Biden tripped up his boss by voicing support for same-sex marriage while the president remained on the fence, speculation was rampant about ...
Liz Cheney says move to Wyoming not about politics
Liz Cheney says her recent move to Wyoming wasn't motivated by politics. The daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney and her family moved from ...
Paul Ryan's ideas nurtured by top conservatives
Paul Ryan's mentors have included some of the biggest conservative names of recent decades, among them Jack Kemp and Bill Bennett. Yet the ideological ...
Big-name no-shows for the GOP, Dem conventions
Sarah Palin and George W. Bush won't be in Tampa, Fla. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Al Gore won't make the trip to Charlotte, N.C. And scores of other ...
Romney-Ryan light on foreign policy credentials
For the first time in decades, the Republican presidential ticket has little substantial foreign policy or military experience, a marked shift for a ...
VP pick rarely makes a difference in the race
It happens every four years in the dog days of summer: The presidential candidate — both of them, in some years — picks a running mate. There's the ...
F-bomb makes it into mainstream dictionary
It's about freakin' time. The term "F-bomb" surfaced in newspapers more than 20 years ago but will land Tuesday for the first time in the mainstream ...
Ryan selection shrouded in secrecy
After Mitt Romney decided on a running mate, Paul Ryan's carefully planned transition from congressman to vice presidential candidate began — in deep ...