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President Barack Obama walking from Marine One to the Residence at the White House on Aug. 5, 2012, returning from Camp David where he spent his birthday.

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President Barack Obama walking from Marine One to the Residence at the White House on Aug. 5, 2012, returning from Camp David where he spent his birthday.

Obama: `I’m Feeling Older’

It’s been a short weekend at Camp David. President Barack Obama, who turned 51 yesterday, put in a full morning and early afternoon at the golf course at Andrews Air Force Base yesterday before flying to Camp David after 4...

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Clint Eastwood in "Dirty Harry".

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Clint Eastwood in "Dirty Harry".

Romney’s Taxes: `Nickel a Page,’ Gibbs Offers in a Kinko’s Campaign

The Obama campaign has something about Kinko’s. Robert Gibbs, the Obama campaign adviser and former White House press secretary, is offering to pay the copying tab at Kinko’s for Mitt Romney’s tax returns — “I’ll send him the nickels,” Gibbs...

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Mitt Romney during his first campaign rally since arriving back from his overseas trip, at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Golden, Colorado, on August 2, 2012.

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Mitt Romney during his first campaign rally since arriving back from his overseas trip, at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Golden, Colorado, on August 2, 2012.

Romney Promising `More Jobs,’ Obama Backing Planned Parenthood

It hasn’t taken Mitt Romney long to take the latest report on jobs to the air — unemployment inching up to 8.3 percent again in July, while 163,000 more jobs were created. “In July unemployment went up again,” Romney’s ad...

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Voting in the Illinois primary election in Bourgonnais.

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Voting in the Illinois primary election in Bourgonnais.

Party Identification: Ebbs and Flows

The blogosphere has buzzed with complaints about polls this week. Polls that showed President Barack Obama running ahead of Republican Mitt Romney. The common complaint: too many Democrats surveyed. Andy Kohut, one of the best in the business, has an...

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A worker prepares carpeting next to a symbol of a cloud at the Deutsche Telekom stand during CeBIT 2012.

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A worker prepares carpeting next to a symbol of a cloud at the Deutsche Telekom stand during CeBIT 2012.

Federal Contractors Gobbling Subs

Washington belt-tightening may be having a dramatic impact on the acquisition strategies of the nation’s largest government contractors. In an effort to keep government cash flowing, companies such as Dell, Citrix and Symantec have been gobbling up smaller companies in...

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Mitt Romney with senior advisor Beth Myers  aboard his campaign plane.

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Mitt Romney with senior advisor Beth Myers aboard his campaign plane.

Romney: `Paid Taxes Every Year’

“I have paid taxes every year, and a lot of taxes,” Republican Mitt Romney said today. His unequivocal statement is a response to suggestions from Harry Reid, the Democratic Senate majority leader, that Romney has averted paying taxes for many...

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A train attendant prepares a complimentary dinner in a microwave aboard Amtrak's Acela Express in New York City.

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A train attendant prepares a complimentary dinner in a microwave aboard Amtrak's Acela Express in New York City.

Amtrak: `On Second Thought — Make Mine a Cheeseburger’

Here’s a business model: A passenger on Amtrak pays $9.50 for a pre-packaged cheeseburger steamed up in the microwave in the dining car. It costs Amtrak $16.15 to deliver it. That’s what John Mica, the Florida Republican who chairs the...

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Mitt Romney during a campaign event at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds on August 2, 2012 in Golden, Colorado.

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Mitt Romney during a campaign event at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds on August 2, 2012 in Golden, Colorado.

Romney Ratchets the Adjectives: `Kick in the Gut, Hammer Blow’

Today, Mitt Romney called the latest report of 8.3 percent unemployment “a hammer blow” to middle-class families. Last month, he called June’s 8.2 percent “a kick in the gut.” In June, he called May’s 8.2 percent “devastating news for American...

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Volunteers at a food bank in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia.

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Volunteers at a food bank in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia.

Bloomberg by the Numbers: 87 pct

That’s the share of Americans who rate the national economy as “not so good” or “poor,” according to the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index, which also asks people to rate their personal finances and the buying climate. The 87 percent figure...

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