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Sen. Rand Paul's campaign responded in real time during last month's debate with videos on Twitter and Vine.

The Spin Room Goes Mobile As Campaigns Capitalize On Debate 'Moments'

You can expect to be plastered with promoted posts and ads before, during and after Wednesday's second GOP debate.

Aspirin can lower the risk of heart attacks, but there's concern that it's being overused.

Panel Says Aspirin Lowers Heart Attack Risk For Some

Some adults at risk of heart attack or stroke can indeed benefit from taking a daily aspirin, a federal panel says. And it may also lower colorectal cancer risk. But the treatment has risks, too.

A young man and his son lean on a border stone after they were stopped by Hungarian soldiers Tuesday at the border exit between Serbia and Hungary in Asotthalom near Roszke, southern Hungary.

Hungary Declares Emergency As It Blocks Migrants At Border

Hungary declared a crisis in two southern counties Tuesday, as crowds of refugees and other migrants were halted in Serbia, having missed Tuesday's deadline before new and stricter laws took effect.

Teachers walk the picket line outside Garfield High School in Seattle, Wash., last week. They're going back to work on the strength of a tentative contract agreement.

Seattle Teachers Going Back To School After Tentative Contract Deal Is Reached

Union leaders have voted to suspend their strike, which began last week. The full membership will vote on the deal on Sunday. The dispute has kept 53,000 students from starting their school year.

Regulators say R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. must stop selling four kinds of cigarettes because the Food and Drug Administration said the company had failed to show they aren't riskier than cigarettes on the market before mid-February 2007.

FDA Orders 4 Cigarette Products Pulled From The Market

The Food and Drug Administration exercised its regulatory power to compel a tobacco company to stop selling cigarettes after the maker failed to show they don't raise new public health issues.

Vigorón served at El Gordito in Granada, Nicaragua. The combination of soft, starchy yucca; salty, rough pork cracklings; and tangy, cool slaw made with cabbage, onions, tomato, <em>mimbre</em> fruit (also known as <em>mimbro)</em>, chile and vinegar offers a distinct interplay of textures and flavors.

In Divided Nicaragua, National Dish Brings Rich And Poor Together

Nicaragua's civil war and dictatorship exacerbated social problems and economic disparity. But the richest and the poorest eat vigorón, a hearty dish of yucca and pork, side by side.

People can now contribute to presidential campaigns with just a few taps on a smartphone.

#Cashtag: Twitter To Allow Direct Campaign Contributions

The announcement is welcome news for political campaigns, which all want to make it as seamless as possible for supporters to turn over their money and personal information.

Baltimore police in riot gear during the protests in April.

In the Media: Rep. Elijah Cummings Will Run for Reelection; New Riot Gear for Baltimore Police

A digest of news and stories about Baltimore from local sources.From The AFRO-American: Rep. Elijah Cummings Says He is Running For Reelection“In response…

Author Mary Karr says she once broke her computer's delete key while writing a memoir.

Mary Karr On Writing Memoirs: 'No Doubt I've Gotten A Million Things Wrong'

Karr discusses the faults of memory, the challenges of writing about loved ones and the pain of deleting 1,200 pages because "there was something untrue about them." Her new book is The Art of Memoir.

Workers stand next to a collapsed crane that was blamed for 107 deaths at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy Muslim city of Mecca last week.

Bin Laden Company Banned From Work In Mecca After Crane Disaster

A Saudi royal court says the Saudi Binladin Group, which has operated in the kingdom since the 1930s, can't pursue new projects until an inquiry is closed.

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