Enlarge Saul Loeb /AFP/Getty Images Vice President Joe Biden (left) and Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan during Thursday’s debate. Saul Loeb /AFP/Getty Images Vice President Joe Biden (left) and Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan during Thursday’s debate. Vice President Joe Biden and his Republican opponent, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin had a lively

Just as they did before, during and after last week’s presidential debate, the fact checkers will be up and running for tonight’s vice presidential debate: — PolitiFact says it will be tweeting away, and it will post longer looks on its website. If you want to see what it has been saying about the two

Enlarge Rick Bowmer/AP Speedskaters practice for the U.S. Single Distance Short Track Speedskating Championships, in Kearns, Utah, last month. Coach Jae Su Chun and assistant Jun Hyung Yao have resigned following allegations of abuse. Rick Bowmer/AP Speedskaters practice for the U.S. Single Distance Short Track Speedskating Championships, in Kearns, Utah, last month. Coach Jae Su

Enlarge Mike Dembeck/AP Sub.-Lt. Jeffrey Delisle is escorted into Nova Scotia provincial court in Halifax in June. Mike Dembeck/AP Sub.-Lt. Jeffrey Delisle is escorted into Nova Scotia provincial court in Halifax in June. Canada is not used to high profile spy cases. But today there is news that the country has tried its first successful

Enlarge Mona Shafer Edwards/AP This Sept. 27, file courtroom sketch shows Mark Basseley Youssef, right, talking with his attorney Steven Seiden in court. Mona Shafer Edwards/AP This Sept. 27, file courtroom sketch shows Mark Basseley Youssef, right, talking with his attorney Steven Seiden in court. A man who admitted he was involved in the making

The campaign of Gov. Mitt Romney says the Republican presidential candidate will no longer tell the story of meeting Navy SEAL Glen Doherty, who was killed during the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Enlarge AP This undated photo provided by Mark and Kate Quigley shows Glen Doherty, who died in an attack

Enlarge Alan Diaz/AP Job seekers line up to register at a Miami job fair in January. A new study shows that Florida voters discuss joblessness in ways quite different from those in Ohio and Virginia, two other presidential battleground states. Alan Diaz/AP Job seekers line up to register at a Miami job fair in January.

Enlarge coolmikeol/Flickr.com People who have had gastric bypass surgery qualify for discounts at popular restaurants, including buffets. coolmikeol/Flickr.com People who have had gastric bypass surgery qualify for discounts at popular restaurants, including buffets. Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans turn to stomach-shrinking bariatric procedures, hoping for extreme weight loss. All of these reduced appetites

Enlarge Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images Wells Fargo. Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images Wells Fargo. The U.S. government filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo Co., today, saying the bank was reckless when it issued federally guaranteed mortgages. Bloomberg reports: “The government seeks damages and civil penalties under the False Claims Act and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded this morning to a British and a Japanese researcher who discovered that mature and specialized cells “can be reprogrammed to become immature cells capable of developing into all tissues of the body,” according to the Nobel committee. This year’s honorees are John B. Gurdon of the

Enlarge Catalin Petolea/iStockphoto.com American apple growers realized that if they used dwarfing rootstocks and planted their trees closer together, they could increase their harvest of apples per acre by 200 to 300 percent. Catalin Petolea/iStockphoto.com American apple growers realized that if they used dwarfing rootstocks and planted their trees closer together, they could increase their

AFP/Getty Images John B. Gurdon (left) and Shinya Yamanaka will share the prize, worth about $1.2 million. The two scientists who won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine discovered that cells in our body have the remarkable ability to reinvent themselves. They found that every cell in the human body, from our skin