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• How Republicans plan to win over the youth vote
• The one word that's ruining political reporting
• Today's top photos
• Youth joblessness: No end in sight, says report
• Pebble Project threatens Alaska's 'Red Gold'
• Romney says it’s Obama who is the ‘outsourcer in chief’
• Nikki Haley says she is not being vetted for VP role
• Who is Kim Jong Un’s mystery woman?
• As murder rate climbs, Chicago mayor makes ‘values’ appeal
• Eric Holder on voter ID laws: ‘We call those poll taxes’
• Independent voters increase in key swing states
• 3,000-year-old ‘Frankenstein’ mummies discovered in Scotland
• Good samaritan returns $500 found in thrift store purchase
• Obama’s hut-dwelling half-brother interviewed in new movie
• Unions spent $4.4 billion on politics in past six years

How Republicans plan to win over the youth vote Posted: 10 Jul 2012 12:56 PM PDT Four years after Barack Obama won the support of 66 percent of voters aged 18 to 29, Republicans are working on a fresh approach to bring younger voters and candidates into the fold, using a coalition of traditional campaign organizations, super PACs, nonprofit advocacy groups and policy-based think tanks. And even Republicans organizing these efforts [...]

The one word that's ruining political reporting Posted: 10 Jul 2012 10:14 AM PDT Whatever your feelings about who the Republicans chose as their nominee, the primary campaign scored two clear achievements for the cause of rational politics. First, it demonstrated once and for all that the Iowa caucus process is a farce.

Today's top photos Posted: 10 Jul 2012 07:12 AM PDT A vendor carries a basket containing onions and potatoes to prepare Chilli Bhaji, a local cuisine, at his stall decorated with green chillies to attract customers, on the Marina beach in the southern Indian city of Chennai July 10, 2012. REUTERS/Babu (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY BUSINESS)

Youth joblessness: No end in sight, says report Posted: 10 Jul 2012 07:01 AM PDT An analysis by the nonprofit, nonpartisan group YoungInvincibles asks what kind of employment prospects young Americans can look forward to over the next decade.

Pebble Project threatens Alaska's 'Red Gold' Posted: 10 Jul 2012 10:00 AM PDT America gets over 60 percent of its seafood from Alaskan waters. Now a proposed open pit mine, which would be one of the largest in the world, has some residents here concerned. They're worried that regardless of the economic benefits, giant ponds that would be used to store waste from the mine could pollute Alaska's pristine waters.

Romney says it’s Obama who is the ‘outsourcer in chief’ Posted: 10 Jul 2012 10:45 AM PDT Mitt Romney pushed back on Democratic claims he outsourced jobs while head of Bain Capital, suggesting that President Barack Obama is more guilty of sending jobs out of the country than he is. "If there's an outsourcer in chief, it's the president of the United States, not the guy who is running to replace him," [...]

Nikki Haley says she is not being vetted for VP role Posted: 10 Jul 2012 11:58 AM PDT South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said during a trip to England this week that she is not in the running to become Mitt Romney's No. 2, according to the Wall Street Journal: "No, I am not," replied Ms. Haley after being asked if the Romney campaign was vetting her. "I have made it very clear [...]

Who is Kim Jong Un’s mystery woman? Posted: 10 Jul 2012 07:53 AM PDT Who is she? That's what people around the world want to know about a mysterious young woman who appeared with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a pair of events over the weekend.

As murder rate climbs, Chicago mayor makes ‘values’ appeal Posted: 10 Jul 2012 09:17 AM PDT Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel has a warning for gangs: Stay away from our kids. He's asking that even gang-bangers show some regard for innocent kids and take their brawls "away to the alley."

Eric Holder on voter ID laws: ‘We call those poll taxes’ Posted: 10 Jul 2012 12:30 PM PDT Click image to view more photos. (Chris Graythen/Getty Images) Speaking before the NAACP, Attorney General Eric Holder departed from his prepared speech on Tuesday, decrying voter ID laws that have been proposed in 10 states so far. Talking Points Memo reports: "Under the proposed law, concealed handgun licenses would be acceptable forms of photo ID, [...]

Independent voters increase in key swing states Posted: 10 Jul 2012 11:33 AM PDT Democrats are losing ground in voter registration in six key battleground states as more voters elect to register as independents, according to a new Bloomberg News analysis of state voter records. As Bloomberg's John McCormick reports: The collective total of independents grew by about 443,000 in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and North Carolina [...]

3,000-year-old ‘Frankenstein’ mummies discovered in Scotland Posted: 10 Jul 2012 11:26 AM PDT Researchers say that a pair of 3,000-year-old mummified corpses that were recently discovered in Scotland are actually composed of body parts originating from six different people. The mummified corpses were discovered in Cladh Hallan, an archaeological site on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. It is the only location in [...]

Good samaritan returns $500 found in thrift store purchase Posted: 10 Jul 2012 09:54 AM PDT Finding hidden treasure is a surefire way to perk up your day. But what if your treasure could help out a total stranger, too? An Australian woman named Jan Hansch was setting her table with napkins she had purchased from a secondhand store when an [...]

Obama’s hut-dwelling half-brother interviewed in new movie Posted: 10 Jul 2012 09:39 AM PDT President Barack Obama's half-brother, George Obama, lives in a hut in Kenya. He will be featured in the upcoming anti-Obama film "2016: Obama's America," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie, based on Dinesh D'Souza's book "The Roots of Obama's Rage," features a conversation between D'Souza and George Obama. From The Hollywood Reporter: D'Souza and [...]

Unions spent $4.4 billion on politics in past six years Posted: 10 Jul 2012 08:10 AM PDT A Wall Street Journal analysis of political spending unveiled Tuesday found that organized labor groups dropped a combined $4.4 billion on political activities between 2006 and 2011, about three times more than previously estimated.

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