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US home foreclosure filings rose in the second quarter for the first time in two years, according to a report released Thursday.

US Vice President Joe Biden lashed out at Republicans, accusing his political rivals of not understanding what makes Americans tick.

Top Democrats have launched a coordinated assault on Mitt Romney's use of offshore tax havens, demanding that he release more tax returns in order to explain himself to the American people.

Wimbledon finalist Andy Murray has a steady girlfriend, doesn't drink alcohol, practices early and relaxes by taking his two pet dogs Maggie and Rusty for long strolls in the Surrey countryside.

Crossroads GPS has purchased a $25 million ad blitz in nine battleground states to attack President Barack Obama's record on jobs and the debt, the advocacy group supporting Republican Mitt Romney said Friday.

Nevada's state attorney general's office has found no wrongdoing by officials in Manny Pacquiao's controversial loss to Tim Bradley on June 9, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Wednesday.

New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin has withdrawn from the USA men's select team that will train this month against the 2012 USA basketball men's national team during training camp in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Sands said Monday it will hold off until September before deciding whether to build a jobs-rich mega casino development in Madrid or Barcelona.

President Barack Obama jabbed Mitt Romney before crucial Latino voters Friday, saying America's immigration gridlock made "no sense" and vowed to keep trying to change it.

A Cook County, Illinois judge on Thursday agreed to consolidate two lawsuits challenging the state's ban on gay marriage. ?A Cook County, Illinois judge on Thursday agreed to consolidate two lawsuits challenging the state's ban on gay marriage. The two separate lawsuits represent more than two dozen gay and lesbian couples who wish to marry in Illinois but are unable because state law defines marriage as a heterosexual union. Nine couples are represented by the ACLU of Illinois in one lawsuit, while Lambda Legal is representing sixteen couples in another. Both suits were filed on the same day. During a brief hearing, Judge Moshe Jacobius agreed to combine the cases, the Chicago Tribune reported. The suits were filed a year after Illinois legalized civil unions for gay couples and two weeks after President Barack Obama endorsed gay marriage. Obama represented Illinois as a senator before winning the White House. Illinois officials, including Cook County state's attorney and the Illinois

Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao said Thursday that a WBO panel ruling that he had won his controversial bout against Timothy Bradley would help restore people's faith in the sport.

The ripples from Timothy Bradley's controversial split-decision victory over Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao spread as two US senators called for a national body to govern boxing.

President Barack Obama on Friday suspended the threat of deportation against hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought to the United States as minors, delighting crucial Hispanic voters ahead of November's election.

US President Barack Obama suspended the threat of deportation against hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants Friday, delighting crucial Hispanic voters ahead of November's election.

A Reno, Nevada wedding chapel owner is promoting gay marriage as a means to save the state's declining wedding industry. ?A Reno, Nevada wedding chapel owner is promoting gay marriage as a means to save the state's declining wedding industry. George Flint, who owns the Chapel of the Bells, told Fox Reno that the state's ban on gay nuptials was hurting business. ?If we had that as a tourist package, of course it would be good for the state, but a lot of people don't think past their moral or religious noses,? he said. Guy Rocha, a former Nevada state Archivist, agreed, telling the Reno Gazette-Journal that marriage equality would revive the struggling industry. ?It doesn't save Nevada from its economic distress, but it helps, and helps with the wedding industry,? he said. Referring to the growing number of states which have legalized such unions, Rocha added: ?That opportunity is fairly rapidly diminishing. If we don't make a move in this decade, it's going to pass us by.? According to

President Barack Obama is seeking to steady his reelection bid after a wobbly week by redrawing the economic choice facing US voters and stuffing millions of dollars into his campaign war chest.

Promoter Bob Arum said he would ask the Nevada attorney general's office "for a full and complete inquiry" into the controversial Timothy Bradley-Manny Pacquiao title fight.

US Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would have made it easier for women to sue their employers to ensure pay equality, a move President Barack Obama called "incredibly disappointing".

The ACLU of Illinois and Lambda Legal on Wednesday plan to file legal challenges to Illinois' gay marriage ban. The ACLU of Illinois and Lambda Legal on Wednesday plan to file legal challenges to Illinois' gay marriage ban. The two separate lawsuits represent more than two dozen gay and lesbian couples who wish to marry in Illinois but are unable because state law defines marriage a heterosexual union. The move comes one year after Illinois legalized civil unions for gay couples and two weeks after President Barack Obama endorsed gay marriage. Obama represented Illinois as a senator. Lead plaintiffs in the ACLU case, which has 9 couples, are Tanya Lazaro and Elizabeth ?Liz? Matos of Chicago. The couple is raising two daughters, two-year-old Jaiden and newborn Sophia. They have rejected the idea of entering a civil union. ?Our relationship is not about some legal benefits and protections, but about love for one another,? Lazaro, a Chicago Police Department Detective, said in a statement

Mitt Romney should clinch the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday by winning the Texas primary, overcoming doubts about his ideological purity to become the party's 2012 flag bearer after a bruising battle.