Enlarge iStockphoto.com You can believe this latest poll result if you’d like. Or not. A survey released Tuesday that was conducted by Public Policy Polling asked people if they thought pollsters were rigging their results to show President Obama leading Mitt Romney (h/t Josh Voorhees at The Slatest). The poll found respondents virtually split, with

Enlarge Kayhan Ozer/AP Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal was a close ally of Syria and lived in the capital Damascus for years. But relations soured over the uprising in Syria, and Syria’s state television denounced him in withering terms. Mashaal is shown speaking at a conference in Turkey on Sunday. Kayhan Ozer/AP Palestinian Hamas leader

Enlarge Michael Kemter/iStockphoto.com Sorry the vitamin D didn’t help. Michael Kemter/iStockphoto.com Sorry the vitamin D didn’t help. Should you take Vitamin D supplements to prevent colds and shorten the misery? Like other theories about the benefits of vitamin D, it seems like a reasonably good idea. After all, some lab studies suggest vitamin D might

October marks 75 years since a dark period in the Dominican Republic’s history. In 1937, President Rafael Leonidas Trujillo ordered the execution of thousands of ethnic Haitians. Guest host Celeste Headlee discusses the “Parsley Massacre” with two noted authors, one Dominican and one Haitian: Julia Alvarez and Edwidge Danticat. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2012/10/01/162088692/dominicans-haitians-remember-parsley-massacre?ft=1&f=1001

Enlarge Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP In this Nov. 19, 2011 fie photo the U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP In this Nov. 19, 2011 fie photo the U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington. Unless Congress passes legislation in a lame-duck session, taxes will be higher by a half-trillion dollars next year,

Enlarge John Moore/Getty Images The Iranian cameraman who was part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s delegation to the U.N. last week is now seeking asylum, a lawyer says. John Moore/Getty Images The Iranian cameraman who was part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s delegation to the U.N. last week is now seeking asylum, a lawyer says. When Iranian

Enlarge Rodrigo Abd/AP Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles attend a campaign rally in Valencia, Venezuela on Thursday. Capriles is running against President Hugo Chavez in the country’s Oct. 7 election. Rodrigo Abd/AP Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles attend a campaign rally in Valencia, Venezuela on Thursday. Capriles is running against President

In recent months, suspected insurgents have been turning on their U.S. and NATO trainers in a series of insider attacks. There have been more than 50 this year, including an apparent insider attack on Sunday. Host Rachel Martin talks with Seth Jones, a political scientist at the RAND Corporation and Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the secretary

Colorado is one of a handful of battleground states which could tip this year’s election. President Obama won the state in 2008, but polls suggest a tighter contest this election year. Host Rachel Martin talks with Judy Strogoff, editor-publisher of The Colorado Statesman, a weekly nonpartisan political paper based in Denver. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2012/09/30/162039205/candidates-push-for-colo-to-swing-in-their-favor?ft=1&f=1001

Enlarge MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a roundtable discussion on manufacturing this Wednesday in Bedford Heights, Ohio. MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a roundtable discussion on manufacturing this Wednesday in Bedford Heights, Ohio. If there is a boogey man in the Ohio presidential sweepstakes, it’s

Enlarge Steve Amstrup/Fish and Wildlife Service Polar bears in the Beaufort Sea in northern Alaska. Scientist Charles Monnett caused a stir with a 2006 report on polar bears that were drowning, apparently owing to a lack of ice. Steve Amstrup/Fish and Wildlife Service Polar bears in the Beaufort Sea in northern Alaska. Scientist Charles Monnett

Enlarge Andy Wong/AP Bo Xilai, one of the country’s most prominent politicians before he fell from grace this year, was expelled from the Communist Party on Friday. He is shown here in March Andy Wong/AP Bo Xilai, one of the country’s most prominent politicians before he fell from grace this year, was expelled from the