Is it October yet? The damning, campaign-squashing surprises that send US presidential candidates to their doom traditionally break in the month before the election, but Mitt Romney is facing a monumental challenge now.

A French magazine published a series of provocative cartoons Wednesday showing a nude Prophet Mohammed, likely to further fan the flames after a wave of Muslim protests over an anti-Islam film.

A French magazine is set to increase Muslim ire by printing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed Wednesday a day after 12 died in an Afghan suicide bombing, the deadliest attack linked to an anti-Islamic film.

President Barack Obama said Tuesday he expected governments in the Muslim world to protect American diplomats, despite their revulsion at a film made on US soil deemed offensive to their faith.

Is it October yet? The damning, campaign-squashing surprises that send US presidential candidates to their doom traditionally break in the month before the election, but Mitt Romney is facing a monumental challenge now.

Barack Obama warned Tuesday his Republican foe Mitt Romney was "writing off a big chunk of the country" following his remark that 47 percent of Americans were "victims" and therefore backed the president.

One is black, the other white. One was born into wealth, the other came from a working class family in Chicago, and as with the two presidential candidates, their wives -- Ann Romney and First Lady Michelle Obama -- provide a stark study in contrasts.

In US political lore it is considered bad form to try to steal the limelight from a presidential rival during his party's celebratory nominating convention.

The United States said that senior officials will meet Friday with the ousted leader of Maldives and urged restraint from all sides after he appealed for stronger US support.

Earl Scruggs, the American banjo legend who brought bluegrass to a mass audience and strummed along to a hit TV show and movie in the 1960s, has died at 88, according to his son.

The recently ousted president of Maldives on Wednesday pressed for new elections and urgent action on climate change as he took his often lonely campaign to a top-watched US television show.

First Lady Michelle Obama has kicked off an election-year charm offensive with an appearance at a celebrity campaign event and some light-hearted banter on a late night comedy show.

A Philippine official denied claims by Hollywood star Taylor Kitsch that he got rough treatment from a customs official in the country, saying the actor was apparently actually in Indonesia at the time.

Lights, cameras, New York! The city that has served as a classic backdrop for American cinema is celebrating a record year for television production, according to Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Anderson Cooper and Chaz Bono are among the nominees for awards from the 22nd annual GLAAD Media Awards. Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Anderson Cooper and Chaz Bono are among the nominees for awards from the 22nd annual Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media Awards. The GLAAD awards recognize positive portrayals of the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in the media. ?As media continue to tell new stories about LGBT people and families, a majority of Americans now support full equality of LGBT Americans,? said acting President Mike Thompson. ?This year's nominees enlighten and entertain while spotlighting the diversity of our community. Audiences expect to see their own worlds reflected in media, and today more than ever, those include the lives of LGBT people. Viewers know that LGBT characters and stories are simply natural extensions of, and glimpses into, their own experiences from across America.? Unlike previous years, the n

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney made a return appearance on the "Late Show with David Letterman" on Monday night to present the program's popular "Top Ten" list.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British band The Kooks wrap up the current U.S. leg of their tour this week, setting their sights beyond their first three records and aiming to score a major hit in America with new music to come.

CBS has apparently deleted a David Letterman joke about Michele and Marcus Bachmann's Christian counseling clinics. CBS has apparently deleted a David Letterman joke about Michele and Marcus Bachmann's Christian counseling clinics. The Bachmanns run two clinics in Minnesota. Critics have noted that counselors at the clinics practice ?reparative? therapy, which attempts to alter a gay person's sexual orientation. Michele Bachmann had earlier defended the practice by saying that not including the therapy would be discriminatory. Letterman told Late Show viewers during his monologue that he was tired of the multiple Republican debates. ?Tired of this idiotic yaking and yaking,? he said. ?And they were all there tonight. Newt was there. Mitt was there. Herman was there. Michele O'Bachmann was there, checking coats.? ?And if you're a homosexual, her husband will take care of ya,? Letterman said with a laugh. ?He's got a thing, a camp or a clinic or something. And if you're a homosexual and

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