The mind of Mitt Romney is a supremely rational place. Arguments are compiled and advanced on the basis of analytics, not emotion. He can offer up the gauzy bromides that are every politician’s stock in trade: “I love America! I love its freedoms!” But he is most fervent and animated in his pitch to be president when he talks about how he has fixed stuff before and he can fix stuff again. Concrete examples spill out of his mouth and accrete. He bounces on the balls of his feet, speaking quickly, enunciating carefully, never with notes. Read full article > >

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The Vatican threatens legal action over the publication of an ad showing Pope Benedict kissing a leading imam on the mouth as part of a Benetton advertising campaign.

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Continues to put his foot in his mouth following sexual harassment charges.

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Matthew Fox — the actor best known as Jack Shephard, the man who saved the island on “ Lost ” — was reportedly detained over the weekend for allegedly punching a woman in Cleveland, Ohio. According to the Hollywood Reporter , TMZ and other outlets, on Saturday night/early Sunday morning Fox attempted to hitch a ride to his hotel via a private party bus, but the female driver of the bus refused to let him enter. In response, Fox allegedly punched the woman in the chest and stomach and she retaliated by allegedly socking him in the mouth. Read full article > >

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Once upon a time, Ma would say: “Sit up and eat your vegetables.” Pa said: “Don’t talk with your mouth full.” Other common utterances included: “Go outside and play.” And, “After you finish your chores.” Families may not have been happier — and family dinners may have been daily rituals of tiny tortures (the ennui that passeth all understanding) — but neither were the words “ childhood obesity ” part of the vernacular. Read full article > >

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The profanities coming from the mouth of the professor in a recent class on freedom of speech were not, by themselves, all that shocking. But this was Catholic University, a bastion of traditional values. And the professor was its new president, John H. Garvey.

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Democrats are continuing to rail against President Obama’s tax deal with the GOP-though, don’t expect them to put their money where their mouth is when it’s time to vote. “Our guys got taken to the cleaners,” said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, complaining in…

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In the final minutes as the votes were tallied on the board above him, Rep. Charles B. Rangel stood alone, his mouth open, watching the count rise. After 21/2 years of pleading his innocence and $2 million in legal fees, the moment the New York Democrat had so feared – a vote of censure by his…

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DUP assembly member Jonathan Bell has withdrawn a remark describing SDLP MLA Conall McDevitt as “the mouth from the south”.

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Here’s a shocker: A new study shows that if something looks like candy, smells like candy, and tastes like candy … guess what? Kids are gonna think it’s candy — even if it’s actually a dissolvable nicotine product supposedly only marketed to adults.