One day after President Barack Obama vowed to attack Mitt Romney's private equity record through to November, a super PAC supporting his reelection unleashed a new ad that enlists the former Massachusetts governor's erstwhile primary rivals to do just that. There's Newt Gingrich, lumping Romney in with financiers who "loot companies, leave behind broken families, [...]

A flight from Paris bound for Charlotte was diverted to Maine on Tuesday after reports say a passenger claimed to be carrying an explosive device.

A Biden-for-Clinton switch would stamp Obama as a president who is acting just like any other politician, Yahoo!'s Jeff Greenfield writes.

As Democrats intensify their attacks over Mitt Romney's tenure at Bain Capital, a new poll finds the public divided over whether his history as a venture capitalist hurts or helps the presumptive Republican nominee.

Across Italy police are cracking down on Ferrari and Lamborghini drivers, but not because they are driving too fast.

Republicans have deemed Mia Love's race one of the top ten most important races in the country.

Economists are increasingly coming to the conclusion that Greece is likely to abandon the common euro currency.

And now comes some news about the Facebook IPO that buyers deserve to be outraged about. Reuters' Alistair Barr is reporting that Facebook's lead underwriters cut their earnings forecasts for the company in the middle of the IPO roadshow.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned rocket owned by privately held Space Exploration Technologies blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Tuesday for a mission designed to be the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. The 178-foot (54-meter) tall Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 3:44 a.m. from a refurbished launch pad just south of where NASA launched its now-retired space shuttles. Less than 10 minutes later, the rocket delivered its cargo - a Dragon capsule with 1,200 pounds (544 kg) of supplies for the station crew - into orbit. ...