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Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., checked out the Republican Convention stage in Tampa on Sunday. The backdrop is in honor of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, who died over the weekend.

McConnell's Message: On The Budget, The 'Missing Person Was The President'

The trash-talking continues when it comes to who's responsible for the nation's soaring budget deficits.

"To me, the voice is an instrument, just like any other instrument," Regina Spektor says.

Regina Spektor: On Growing Up A 'Soviet Kid'

Spektor spent the first nine years of her life in the Soviet Union, where she and her family faced discrimination as Jews. She talks about Russia and her new album, What We Saw From the Cheap Seats, with Terry Gross.

Portland-based GO Box, a service that provides and cleans reusable take-out boxes for local food trucks, hopes to keep some of the city's food waste from going in the dumpster.

Portland Company Aims To Tame Food Truck Trash

Reusuable take-out box service is the latest effort to "green" Portland's growing food truck scene. GO Box founder Laura Weiss estimates the year-old service has already prevented 10,000 disposable boxes from entering the waste stream.

Grand opening for new Baton Rouge casino postponed

The opening of Baton Rouge's new $368 million casino has been delayed because of Tropical Storm Isaac.L'Auberge Baton Rouge was scheduled to open…

Neil Armstrong Comes Home

"I am, and will ever be, a white-socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer, born under the second law of thermodynamics, steeped in steam tables, in love with free-body diagrams, transformed by Laplace and propelled by compressible flow," Neil Armstrong said in 2000.

Turnout for Monday's protest rally and march in downtown Tampa was much lower than expected and rain drenched the crowd.

Though Small In Number, Protesters Take Aim At Both Parties

Apparently discouraged by the gusty weather, at times there were fewer protesters on the streets of Tampa this morning than there were police officers and journalists. Those who did show up, though, had sharp things to say about Republicans and Democrats.

Florida independent senate candidate Charlie Crist and his wife Carole, attend the Election Night Gathering 2010.

Former Gov. Charlie Crist Will Speak At Democratic Convention

Crist served as a Republican governor, but during a Senate run, he fell out of favor with conservatives.

Loyola University Prepares for Tropical Storm Isaac

Loyola University has determined that they will not evacuate their campus, but will be canceling classes and suspending normal operations through…

A U.S. Air Force F-16 multi role fighter Falcon during an exercise at the U.S. airbase in Osan, South Korea.

With $66.3 Billion In Agreements, U.S. Arms Sales Break Record In 2011

Nearly half of those sales went to Saudi Arabia, which is beefing up its defenses.

Syrian Fighting Escalates In And Around Damascus

Ban Ki-moon called the killing of 300 Syrians an "appalling and brutal crime."

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