The Romney Campaign
Robert Shrum

Robert Shrum: Bain is just chapter one in the Book of Romney

Republicans are desperate to declare Obama's attacks on Mitt's business background off-limits. But in the life of Romney, vulture capitalism is an inescapable theme

 
Film+TV
The closing "Saturday Night Live" sketch featured Kristen Wiig dancing, in turn, with each cast member and executive producer Lorne Michaels.

SNL's emotional season finale: Mick Jagger hosts, Kristen Wiig says goodbye, and more

Serenaded by the Rolling Stones frontman, the Bridesmaids star tearfully bids adieu to Studio 8H. But what about Andy Samberg and Jason Sudeikis?

 
Gay Marriage Battle
NAACP CEO Ben Jealous during an annual convention last year: "Civil marriage is a civil right and a matter of civil law," Jealous said in a weekend statement.

The NAACP's gay-marriage endorsement: Is black homophobia overstated?

The powerful civil rights organization's Ben Jealous joins other influential black voices — including President Obama and Jay-Z — and strongly backs gay rights

 
FLIPBOOKS
For those who have everything: CliC Gold Sport sunglasses

For those who have everything

Solid-gold sunglasses — and more in our collection of bizarrely elite consumer products

 
The Obama Campaign
Hawaii has received so many requests for President Obama's birth certificate that it passed a law in 2010 essentially exempting Obama from the state's public-records rules.

Will Arizona keep President Obama off the 2012 ballot?

Arizona's secretary of state insists that he's not a birther... while simultaneously threatening to bar Obama from the November ballot over birth certificate suspicions

 
War on Terror
An undated photo of Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, who died of cancer Sunday, leaving many still-unanswered questions surrounding the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight.

The death of the Lockerbie bomber: Did he get off too easy?

The man convicted in the 1988 terrorist attack, which killed 270 people, dies in Libya, rekindling debate over whether he deserved the mercy he received in his last few years

 
Facebook
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday, just one day after shares of his company began trading for $38 each.

Mark Zuckerberg's surprise wedding: Why now?

The Facebook founder made billions on Friday, then tied the knot on Saturday. Why wait until his company went public to make the big change in his private life?

 
U.S. Business

Narcissistic, broke, and 6 other ways to describe the Millennial generation

Millennials have both embraced and tried to distance themselves from the characters on HBO's "Girls," who some say epitomize the narcissistic, wayward generation.

This new generation of adults — portrayed most recently in HBO's Girls — has proved quite difficult to define, but not for lack of trying

 
Driving in America
Too tired to stand and Segway? Honda's UNI-Cub would allow users to sit on a motorized stool that responds when you shift your weight.

Honda's Segway alternative... that you steer with your butt

The Japanese automaker unveils a prototype for a mobile transportation system that users can maneuver using just their derrières

 
The Obama Campaign
Newark Mayor Cory Booker speaks at a conference held by the American Federation for Children on May 4: After criticizing President Obama for attacking Mitt Romney's private equity days, Booker took to Twitter to clarify his statements.

Did Cory Booker sandbag Obama by calling the Bain attacks 'nauseating'?

The Newark mayor went on Meet the Press, purportedly to help President Obama's re-election effort. He may have done more harm than good

 
Health
Aimee Copeland is not the only Georgian currently hospitalized with a rare and severe disease caused by flesh-eating bacteria.

The South's flesh-eating bacteria scare: A concise guide

In the second case of necrotizing fasciitis to surface this month, a Georgia woman is hospitalized after doctors discovered the bacteria spreading through her leg

 
The Romney Campaign

Romney's 'Day One': Does his first ad set him apart from Obama?

In the first scene of Mitt Romney's new campaign ad "Day One," he promises to approve the Keystone pipeline to "create thousands of jobs that Obama blocked."

With a TV commercial airing in swing states, Mitt Romney declares that he'd begin his presidency by reversing key Obama policies

 
American Idol
Joshua Ledet is comforted by a distraught Jennifer Lopez after being voted off during last night's "American Idol."

American Idol: Did Joshua Ledet deserve to get kicked off?

The throwback crooner was the judges' hands-down favorite, and some are complaining that the show's fans are biased towards white guys with guitars

 

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