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Fueled by the power of organized labor, the passion of the tea party and millions in outside money, it is politics gone wild in Wisconsin.

Fueled by the power of organized labor, the passion of the tea party and millions in outside money, it is politics gone wild in Wisconsin.

On Sunday, Reuters reported that GOP-nominee designate Mitt Romney might announce his running mate selection “earlier in the summer.”  Here are three names for Romney’s reviewers to consider: Dan Quayle, Sarah Palin, Dick Cheney.

Together they tell you a lot about what’s ahead and how the campaign should prepare.

Dan Quayle: Though all but forgotten now, and considered best forgotten by most who remember, Quayle was actually a very shrewd selection when George H.W. Bush tapped him at the start of convention week in 1988.  In the Senate, he had shown himself a serious and astute senator.  He had become one of the body’s acknowledged experts on arms issues relating to the Soviets, essential knowledge with the Evil Empire coming apart at the seams.  Then, too, the Midwest was the crucial swing region of the country that year. Quayle was the one GOP Midwestern senator or governor acceptable to all segments of the Republican Party.

Yet within minutes of the announcement…

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A teenage girl is airlifted to hospital after she and another girl were swept into the sea by waves at Eyemouth in the Borders.

A teenage girl is in a critical but stable condition in hospital after being swept into the sea by waves at Eyemouth.

Blog of Legal Times | Watergate back in the news as DOJ attempts to derail historian's request for wiretap recordings rooted in notorious scandal.

Embattled Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker, an anti-union darling of the tea party and other fiscal conservatives, faces off Tuesday against Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in a high-stakes recall election that politicos say could foreshadow the contentious November general contest.

Embattled Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker, an anti-union darling of the tea party and other fiscal conservatives, faces off Tuesday against Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in a high-stakes recall election that politicos say could foreshadow the contentious November general contest.

BERLIN (AP) -- A 29-year-old Canadian porn actor accused of videotaping a killing and mailing the victim's body parts to the country's top political parties was arrested Monday in Berlin after an international manhunt. He put up no struggle, telling officers: "You got me."...

What a difference two years make. Instead of a band of rabble-rousing conservatives, a markedly different group was plotting campaign strategy with House Republican leaders at a recent party headquarters meeting.

What a difference two years make. Instead of a band of rabble-rousing conservatives, a markedly different group was plotting campaign strategy with House Republican leaders at a recent party headquarters meeting.

cnbc.com | Orders for manufactured goods dropped 0.6 percent during the month.

A veterinarian has faith that a pair of two-legged puppies will walk and live happy lives

A veterinarian has faith that a pair of two-legged puppies will walk and live happy lives

Chronicle Herald Canada | New Duty-free rules increase limits that can be spent on U.S. goods. Why is the Canadian government encouraging cross-border shopping?

nytimes.com | Significant curb on number of people arrested for marijuana possession as a result of police stops.

rt.com | Attorneys are asking a US court to dismiss the case against the website.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Police dogs sniffed for dead bodies Monday in the rubble of buildings destroyed when an airliner crashed into them, killing all 153 aboard, as cranes lifted away heavy pieces of debris in the grisly aftermath of Nigeria's worst air disaster in nearly two decades....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on the Senate to pass legislation that aims to assist women to earn the same pay as men. The bill is not expected to win the support it needs to advance....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on the Senate to pass legislation that aims to assist women to earn the same pay as men. The bill is not expected to win the support it needs to advance....