Using the story of a struggling family, a Crossroads GPS commercial seeks to appeal to swing voters who had supported President Obama, and may still like him, but are disappointed.

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New Republican Ad Takes a Soft Shot at Obama

Actor Colin Firth says he felt “a little overwhelmed” by the enormity of the story to be told in his latest film The Railway Man.

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Firth overwhelmed by film’s story

Even by the standards of destitution in Afghan refugee camps, the story of Sayid Mohammad is a hard-luck one.

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In Grip of Cold, Afghan Family Buries 8th Child

A woman who filed a sexual harassment complaint against Herman Cain in the 1990s will not tell her side of the story in public, her lawyer tells reporters.

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Cain accuser decides not to speak

Todd Haynes’ film is a lush adaptation of the story of a divorced mother during the Great Depression.

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HBO’s lavish ‘Mildred Pierce,’ where a mommy dearest gets the cruelest cut

The optics of the story involving her private plane are bad, prompting the question: Can she survive in 2012?

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Can Claire McCaskill weather her plane problem?

A police officer in Los Angeles who claimed he was shot while patrolling near a high school has now been arrested for making up the story, authorities said.

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Police: Cop faked school shooting story

Every year, the Green Bay Packers release a financial report that tells the story of a small-market team that benefits from a huge fan base and the league’s big deals.

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N.F.L. Finances, as Seen Through Packers’ Records

Can lightning strike twice for the National Enquirer? The supermarket tabloid reported Wednesday that John Edwards has proposed to his former mistress, Rielle Hunter. Although the story is not fully available online, the cover story claims Edwards…

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Enquirer: John Edwards Proposed to Rielle Hunter

How the story of English just keeps evolving

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It’s not all embarrassment and scandal in the WikiLeaks dump: Contained in the cables is the story of a 75-year-old American man who escaped Iran via horseback. Hossein Ghanbarzadeh Vahed visited Iran in May 2008; he flew in, but then was trapped there…

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The WikiLeaks Dump’s Best Story

Everyone’s focused on the story of TSA patting down a shirtless little boy-though the TSA says the boy’s father removed his shirt. Still, to our eyes, this one’s worse: A bladder cancer survivor in Michigan says that a bag he must wear to collect his…

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The Worst TSA Pat Down Yet?

IN SEARCHLIGHT, NEV. The empty field on the edge of town tells the story of Harry Reid’s life and the political troubles that could spell the end of his career.

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In Nevada, it’s can’t live with Reid or without him

Gay men forced out of the military give their side of the story

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‘Let me serve’

Men should get ready now to suck it up and to take their women to this flick: The beloved young-adult novel Tiger Eyes is coming to the big screen, The Hollywood Reporter reported Monday. Tiger Eyes, the story of a teenage girl whose family moves to…

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Judy Blume Novel Tiger Eyes to Become Movie