President Obama argued the focus of the ad was fair, saying Mitt Romney was making his claim on the presidency based on his experience in private equity.

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Obama Defends Attacks on Romney’s Record at Bain

South Africans woke up on Wednesday morning to the claim that a group of Soweto youths had filmed themselves raping a 17-year-old girl believed to be mentally ill.

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Rape video goes viral in South Africa

Laughs at the claim that he created thousands of jobs.

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Newt Can’t Resist Slamming Romney

Syrian officials are clinging to the claim that they are besieged by a foreign plot, not confronted by a true uprising of the people.

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In Syria, Bashar al-Assad’s Officials Dismiss Protests

A district nurse accused of having sex with a 15-year-old boy tells a disciplinary panel there is no truth in the claim but she felt sorry for him after he claimed he was being abused.

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Nurse denies having sex with boy

Katie Holmes is suing American Media Inc. for libel, after the company’s Star magazine ran a cover that screamed: “Addiction Nightmare: Katie Drug Shocker!” The Wrap reports Holmes will file the claim Tuesday, citing deliberate defamation. The story…

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Katie Holmes to Sue Star Magazine

Almost a fifth of foods labelled as local in England and Wales are making the claim falsely, a study suggests.

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Local label ‘false’ on many foods

A feng shui master loses an appeal, called “thoroughly dishonest” by the court, against the rejection of his claim to Hong Kong tycoon Nina Wang’s fortune.

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Lover loses Nina Wang’s fortune

Ivory Coast’s ambassador to the UN says a unity government could be possible if Laurent Gbagbo drops his claim to the presidency.

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Ivory Coast unity cabinet offer

For the third time in the last 20 years, establishment voices with high-profile slots in traditional media are trying to convince the public to accept cuts to Social Security by endlessly claiming such cuts are necessary, without giving coherent evidence to justify the claim. Twice, under former presidents Clinton and George W. Bush, these voices were defeated – but they didn’t give up. And now they are in striking distance of their goal: the fact that Republicans have taken over the House, read more

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A "Pledge of Resistance" to Defend Social Security (and Defund the Empire)

For the third time in the last 20 years, establishment voices with high-profile slots in traditional media are trying to convince the public to accept cuts to Social Security by endlessly claiming such cuts are necessary, without giving coherent evidence to justify the claim. Twice, under former presidents Clinton and George W. Bush, these voices were defeated – but they didn’t give up. And now they are in striking distance of their goal: the fact that Republicans have taken over the House, read more

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A "Pledge of Resistance" to Defend Social Security (and Defund the Empire)

A man is convicted of murdering his girlfriend and daughter after a jury rejects his claim that voices in his head led him to kill them.

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Man found guilty of double murder

Microsoft’s new gaming system, the Kinect, is not “racist,” as a gaming site suggested Thursday when it reported that the system’s facial-recognition feature did not recognize dark-skinned employees. Consumer Reports tested the claim and found that…

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Debunked: Microsoft Kinect Not ‘Racist’

A 61-year-old oboist who played with Welsh National Opera (WNO) for 34 years loses his claim of wrongful dismissal.

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Oboist loses WNO dismissal claim

The race for the next New York governor got messier Tuesday night when Republican candidate Carl Paladino claimed his opponent, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, had extramarital affairs. Paladino offered no proof for the claim, and made it…

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Paladino Alleges Cuomo Cheated on Wife