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Obama Skips Meetings with World Leaders, Talks Football with Iowa Paper

Obama weighed in on the issue three times throughout the day. First, he sent out a tweet. Then, after arriving at the White House from the United Nations on Tuesday, he ignored all questions from reporters until one shouted a question about the referee controversy.

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Obama's UN Speech: 'Defining Deviancy Down,' Foreign Policy Edition

Similarly, Jesus can not be "desecrated" unless he is first made sacred, i.e. by Christians who believe he is God. Speaking as President in an address to the world, Obama should not be arguing against desecration or slander of the Prophet any more than he should be arguing for the holy Trinity. To paraphrase something he once said about abortion, these issues are above his pay grade.

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Poll: Utah Candidate Mia Love Leading Congressional Race by Double Digits

Republican Mia Love, who is running to defeat Democrat incumbent Jim Matheson in Utah’s 4th congressional district, is leading the race 51% to 36%, according to internal polling released by Love’s campaign on Tuesday.

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Fact Check: Romney Claims Obama Pledged to Raise Taxes in Second Term

Romney misspoke that Obama has not raised taxes, for his administration has raised taxes on cigarettes and the use of tanning beds, for instance. And even more non-income taxes will be levied upon further implementation of the President's signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act.

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Obama Struggle with Independents Shows Quinnipiac's Bias

Quinnipiac University may have found an absurd number of Democrats for its CBS/NYT's commissioned poll of three swing states, but that can't hide an unmistakeable fact: Obama is losing Independents. Even Quinnipiac's juiced poll shows Obama losing independents to Romney in Ohio and Florida. The poll, unhelpfully, doesn't break down the numbers for Pennsylvania, but virtually every poll conducted this season finds Obama losing Independents. It's a dramatic swing from 2008.

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Fact Check: Elizabeth Warren's 'Family' Ad

Millions of other Americans have been told stories about their heritage by their parents or grandparents that turn out not to be true. After learning that a family story is not true, anyone -- adult or child -- who repeats the false story is a liar.

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Report: Median Household Income Down 1.1% in August, More Than 8% Under Obama

"Even though we are technically in an economic recovery, real median annual household income is having a difficult time maintaining its present level, much less recovering," said Sentier co-founder and former Census Bureau official Gordon Green.

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Cook County, IL Seeks Conservative Election Judges to Monitor Polling Places

Cook County Republicans and conservatives are scrambling in a last-minute effort to fill the remaining vacancies for Republican election judges in Cook County, Illinois.

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Election Watchdog True The Vote Reports Evidence of Absentee Voter Fraud

As a public service coinciding with this year’s National Voter Registration Day, the election integrity group True The Vote turned over new evidence to the U.S. Department of Justice, New York, and Florida election officials in an ongoing effort to expose absentee vote fraud.

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Supreme Court Grants Review of Six Cases

After its annual “mega-conference” Monday, the Supreme Court announced it will hear six new cases and issued order in a few cases already pending before the Court, leaving some of the defining social issues of the day untouched.