VP Biden attending fundraiser for Democrat Robin Carnahan in Missouri’s US Senate race

Biden raising money for Carnahan Senate bid in Mo.

Republicans finalize Tampa, Fla., as 2012 GOP convention city

GOP signs off on Tampa as 2012 city

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Republican National Committee has made its 2012 convention city official.

Republicans signs off on plan to make 2012 presidential primary contests start later

GOP approves new 2012 primary calendar

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Republican National Committee has approved a 2012 presidential primary calendar in which caucuses and primaries begin after Feb. 1.

GOP chairman says party needs to ramp up its efforts to ensure big gains this fall

Steele: GOP can’t rest until November

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Michael Steele is telling members of the Republican National Committee that the GOP can’t rest between now and November even though conditions seem ripe for big gains.

Confident Republicans say GOP must do more to ensure party captures House, Senate

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USDA undersecretary says struggling nations need help developing means to feed themselves

US official: Poor nations must learn to grow food

CAPITAL CULTURE: Supreme Court justices remain a chummy crowd _ even when they’re 6 feet under

CAPITAL CULTURE: Justices are chummy even in death

Sharpton, Jackson try to divert attention from NAACP resolution condemning racism in tea party

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Ariz. sheriff defends immigration law at rally for Kansas political candidate who wrote it

Arizona sheriff defends immigration law

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — An Arizona sheriff known for his tough stance on illegal immigration defended his state’s new immigration-enforcement law Tuesday as he stumped for the Kansas secretary of state candidate who helped write it.

NAACP accuses tea party of tolerating bigotry, passes resolution condemning racism in movement

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Black political leaders seek to recapture momentum from 2008 election during NAACP convention

Obama says now is time to keep country, economy moving forward, not backward

Selig announces Kansas City as site of 2012 Major League All-Star Game

Selig announces KC to host 2012 All-Star Game

Defense secretary Gates says Pakistani army is committed to rooting out quickly extremists

Gates: Pakistan committed to fighting extremists

Bomb threat forces authorities to evacuate Kansas City courthouse; no explosives found

Bomb threat closes Kansas City federal courthouse

A complete list of winners in 76th annual National Headliner Awards

Catholic bishop says he asked RI Rep. Patrick Kennedy to stop receiving Communion in 2007

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Court finds NYC cable TV news anchor guilty of attempted assault of his wife

NYC TV newsman guilty of attempted assault on wife

A man with his finger on the pulse of NYC politics now grasps at the straws of his career

NYC political anchor takes bizarre fall from grace

A man with his finger on the pulse of NYC politics now grasps for a continued career

NY political anchor takes bizarre fall from grace

Now what do I do? Suddenly women in their 40s must ponder whose mammography advice to follow

New mammogram advice raises questions, concerns