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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The five American cyclists who testified against Lance Armstrong have all been formally banned for six months after confessing to using performance enhancing drugs, USA Cycling said on Thursday. Tom Danielson, George Hincapie, Levi Leipheimer, Christian Vande Velde and David Zabriskie all agreed to …

Mitt Romney has opened up a 7-point lead over President Barack Obama in Florida—yet more proof that last week's presidential debate may have been a game changer for the Republican nominee's campaign. A new Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald/Bay News 9 poll found Romney leading Obama 51 percent to 44 percent among likely Florida …

Move over, Hope Diamond. The most famous gems on Earth have new competition in the form of a planet made largely of diamond, astronomers say.

Thursday morning, Time magazine posted a slideshow of outtakes from a 2011 photo shoot with Paul Ryan. The photos showcase the Republican vice presidential nominee's devotion to the P90X workout routine and was inspired by Facebook pictures Ryan posted of himself doing the workout with its creator, Tony Horton. The photo …

LONDON (Reuters) - Forget the diamond as big as the Ritz. This one's bigger than planet Earth. Orbiting a star that is visible to the naked eye, astronomers have discovered a planet twice the size of our own made largely out of diamond. The rocky planet, called '55 Cancri e', orbits a sun-like star in the constellation …

Let's face it: We could all imagine what to do with a little extra cash. But when Allen Smith received his monthly Veterans Affairs dependency check, it contained an unimaginable amount. Instead of the usual $650, it was made out for a half-billion dollars. Billion. The 22-year-old receives a dependency check from the Department …

Among the four candidates on the top ballot line for the two major parties this year, only one man has never shifted roles, through five decades in politics: Joe Biden. The vice president has always been a punch line.

One of the few couples from ABC's "The Bachelor" franchise to marry is now expecting their first child. Jason and Molly Malaney Mesnick's baby is due in March.

A newfound asteroid the size of a house will fly closer to Earth than the moon on Friday (Oct. 12), but poses no danger of impacting our planet, NASA says.

LEXINGTON, Ky.—The year was 1998 and Paul Ryan, then just a 28-year-old newcomer with no electoral experience, faced his first debate for national political office. He had spent most of his early adulthood in Washington, D.C., as a Capitol Hill staffer, and returned to his home in Janesville, Wis., to run for Congress against …

The Democrat tags Paul Ryan for talking "malarkey," while the GOP candidate hits Biden on the administration's muddled Libya response

Fresh polls show a post-debate bounce in several battlegrounds, mirroring Mitt's impressive improvement nationwide

Will Joe Biden make a monster gaffe? Will Paul Ryan get lost in the weeds of wonkery? Here's what you need to know about Thursday's potentially momentous debate

Seeking to make up for President Obama's lackluster debate performance, Biden is going after Paul Ryan with gusto

The internet seizes on images of the Republican vice presidential candidate lifting weights. But is it because they're a little too Dukakis-in-the-tank?

A GOP-led committee aggressively questions State Department officials about the assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens. What happens next?

Unemployment is still too high, income is still too low and the recovery is still much too slow — but the United States is faring considerably better than other developed nations against the threat of a renewed recession.

Veteran Democrat Joe Biden faces off against conservative wunderkind Paul Ryan