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    Rebellion in states to block broader Medicaid; governors face party opposition

    Many Republican governors who said they plan to take Medicaid money under President Obama's health care law now find they're facing a revolt within their own state parties, where GOP legislatures are none-too-eager to approve signing up for what they call "Obamacare."

  • Juan Williams (Courtesy of foxnews.com)

    Social media voices help shape images of convention speakers

    The wrath of the sisterhood has befallen TV pundit Juan Williams, whose post-speech attack Tuesday night on Ann Romney has toasted what little credibility he had with much-needed female voters who see the potential first lady — a cancer survivor and mother of five — as real and heroic.

  • Paul forecasts a libertarian storm brewing

    Rep. Ron Paul rewarded thousands of his presidential campaign supporters with a rally in Tampa, Fla., on Sunday, vowing that with their help, his small government, anti-war libertarian message will continue after he retires — no matter who occupies the White House come January.

  • Ron Paul waves to supporters as he takes the podium at the "We Are the Future Rally" at the Sun Dome at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla., Sunday, August 26, 2012.   (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

    In Tampa, loyal Paul backers wary of Romney

    As she gathered with others to hear her political hero, Rep. Ron Paul, bow off the stage, Suzanne Squire cringed when she was asked whom she will vote for in the fall election.

  • In Paul they trust as he leaves political stage

    One way to measure Rep. Ron Paul's ascendance as a political player is to compare the cold shoulder he got from rival Republican presidential candidate John McCain in 2008 with the cozier embrace he has received from 2012 presumptive nominee Mitt Romney.

  • CBS Executive Vice President Mike Aresco will become commissioner of the Big East conference. (AP Photo/CBS Sports, John P. Filo)

    Mike Aresco named Big East commissioner

    The Big East on Tuesday hired CBS executive vice president Mike Aresco to be commissioner of a conference now in rebuilding mode.

  • Ohio hospital shooting: Mercy killing or murder?

    John Wise watched a tear roll down his wife's face as he stood alongside her bed in the intensive care unit. She'd been unable to speak after suffering a stroke and seemed to be blinking to acknowledge him, Wise confided to a friend who had driven him to the hospital.

  • Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, will host a rally for supporters at an arena in Tampa, Fla., the day before the GOP convention. (Associated Press)

    Inside Politics: Paul to hold rally on convention eve

    Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will hold a free rally for thousands of supporters at the University of South Florida Sun Dome on the day before the Republican National Convention.

  • An Obama campaign T-shirt recalls an off-mic comment by Vice President Joseph R. Biden about the Affordable Care Act. (ObamaForAmerica.com)

    Inside the Beltway: [Expletive]

    Could President Obama's re-election campaign be overmarketed and overpackaged in the trite era of political "likability"?

  • 2 years later, fish sick near BP oil spill site

    Open sores. Parasitic infections. Chewed-up-looking fins. Gashes. Mysterious black streaks. Two years after the drilling-rig explosion that touched off the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, scientists are beginning to suspect that fish in the Gulf of Mexico are suffering the effects of the petroleum.

  • 2 years later, fish sick near BP oil spill site

    Open sores. Parasitic infections. Chewed-up-looking fins. Gashes. Mysterious black streaks. Two years after the drilling-rig explosion that touched off the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, scientists are beginning to suspect that fish in the Gulf of Mexico are suffering the effects of the petroleum.

  • ** FILE ** Rep. Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Democrat, speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

    Democrats see reason for hope in Senate races

    A handful of Democratic Senate candidates are posting strong poll numbers in battleground states dominated by the GOP two years ago — giving that party hope that it can hang on to its slim advantage in the chamber.

  • FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2011, file photo Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., expresses appreciation as she puts on a gift from a supporter during the book-signing event in Aiken, S.C. Bachmann told The Associated Press Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, that she'll seek a 4th term in Congress following her failed presidential bid. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt, File)

    Bachmann faces tricky race to hold on to her House seat

    Minnesota's Democrats would love to knock her off, but Rep. Michele Bachmann looks likely to win a fourth term in her redrawn district. But her failed presidential bid may have clouded the tea party favorite's hopes of moving up to higher office in the future.

  • House balance may hinge on court rulings

    The 2012 congressional elections are more than 10 months away, but some key votes already have been cast — and not by the electorate.

  • Original Hooters in Florida gets a facelift

    The original Hooters was a ramshackle, dove-gray, two-story building perched on a stretch of road between Tampa and Clearwater Beach.

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