Obama Campaign Asks Romney for 5 Years of Tax Returns  —  The Obama campaign, determined to renew the focus of the presidential race on questions about Mitt Romney's taxes, is trying to pressure the Republican candidate to release five years of his returns.  —  Obama campaign manager Jim Messina sent …

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan pursue united front strategy  —  Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan plan to campaign together again sooner than aides had originally planned, likely twice next week, as part of a new offensive to take on the touchy issue of Medicare, campaign officials tell POLITICO.

CNN Electoral Map: Wisconsin moves to true “toss up”  —  (CNN) - CNN Thursday turned the important battleground state of Wisconsin from “lean Obama” to true “toss up” on its electoral map, in the wake of Mitt Romney's naming of House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, a seven term congressman from the Badger state, as his running mate.

MSNBC's Touré: Romney Engaging In The ‘Niggerization’ Of Obama  —  On Thursday's edition of MSNBC's The Cycle the group discussed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's assertion that President Obama should “take [his] campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago.”

Russian female punk band Pussy Riot found guilty of hooliganism over Putin protest at church site  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  (CBS/AP) MOSCOW - A judge found three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot guilty of hooliganism on Friday, in a case that has drawn widespread international condemnation …