Obama: 'Trickle-down snake oil' won't work

President Obama, sharpening his stump speech attacks on the Republican presidential ticket, called Mitt Romney's economic plans "trickle-down snake oil" while campaigning in New Hampshire on Saturday.

Ryan, campaigning in Florida, says: 'Mom, you did build that'

Paul Ryan, making his first campaign appearance in Florida since becoming Mitt Romney's running mate a week ago, told a supportive crowd of senior citizens Saturday that President Obama is raiding Medicare to fund his health care reforms.

Syria welcomes Algerian Brahimi as Annan successor

The Syrian government on Saturday welcomed the naming of a former Algerian diplomat as the U.N.'s new point-man in efforts to halt the country's escalating civil war. Activists reported more shelling by regime troops, including an air attack on a northern border town where scores died earlier this week.

Jim Thorpe: Oral history project in 1960s becomes quest to right wrong

The year was 1967, and 23-year-old Syracuse University student Bob Wheeler had been hitchhiking across the country, conducting hundreds of interviews for his master's thesis, an oral history of legendary American Indian athlete and Olympian Jim Thorpe.

Redskins' starters outplayed in preseason loss to Chicago

Whatever positive vibes the Washington Redskins brought with them into their second preseason game vanished Saturday night during a nightmarish first quarter against the Chicago Bears.

Many question life sentences for juveniles

Sara Kruzan was 17 when she was sentenced to die in prison for killing and robbing a pimp in a Riverside motel. Now, at 32, Kruzan has a chance at being freed, along with thousands of other juveniles convicted of murder who were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Obama: Pass jobs bill, rehire teachers

President Obama on Saturday said school districts around the country could begin rehiring the more than 300,000 teachers and other education workers who have lost jobs since 2009 if congressional Republicans would pass his stalled jobs bill.

U.S. drone kills 5 militants in northern Pakistan

A missile launched from a U.S. drone struck a suspected militant hideout in a tribal region in northern Pakistan where allies of a powerful warlord were gathered Saturday, killing five of his supporters, Pakistani officials said.

Russian Orthodox church forgives punk band

Two top clerics in the Russian Orthodox Church said Saturday that it has forgiven the members of feminist punk band Pussy Riot who were convicted of hooliganism and sent to prison for briefly taking over a cathedral in a raucous prayer for deliverance from Vladimir Putin.

Md. court rejects lawsuit challenging redistricting referendum

Maryland's highest court rejected an appeal Friday by state Democrats who were hoping to block a referendum on the state's new congressional map.

Another Afghan police attack kills 2 U.S. servicemen

A newly recruited Afghan village policeman opened fire on his American allies on Friday, killing two U.S. service members minutes after they handed him his official weapon in an inauguration ceremony. It was the latest in a disturbing string of attacks by Afghan security forces on the international troops training them.

Obama defends Medicare record in new ad

President Barack Obama is launching his first ad defending his record on Medicare, accusing Republican Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan of undermining the health care program critical to millions of seniors.

Commentary

DIAZ: Democrats continue to beat up Christians

Inch by inch, the Democratic Party continues to ostracize Christians. Its latest attack consists of forcing any Christian who would like to support the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) platform to betray his deeply held religious beliefs on the issue of marriage.

CHAVOUS: Obama must support school choice

Long time Washington residents no doubt are familiar with the constant stream of task forces, initiatives and other important-sounding enterprises that pledge to tackle a certain issue and give it the attention it deserves.

WOLF: Barack Obama: The welfare king

"They'll turn us all into beggars 'cause they're easier to please." So goes a Rainmakers song. Beggars also are easier to control. Just ask the drug dealer. It is not compassion that motivates him to give away the first hits of heroin for free; it is the promise of control.

DECKER: Hillary better for Obama than Biden

The only people who are defending Vice President Joseph R. Biden's race-baiting comments about the Republican ticket putting blacks "back in chains" are political hired guns and the liberal media. The claim that Mr. Biden wasn't stirring racial tensions would be laughable if it weren't so dangerous.

MILLER: Armed against tragedy

Liberals are anxious to talk about workplace or school shootings when it suits their political agenda. That's why the usual suspects are observing a vow of silence regarding Wednesday's armed attack on the Family Research Council (FRC).