Presidential candidates vie for key voting blocs

Jun. 25, 2012
With less than five months to go, the presidential campaigns are focused on capturing the voting blocs that can help tip the scales in their favor come November.

A dead heat leading up to Peru's presidential election

May. 31, 2011
The presidential race in Peru is a dead heat. Peruvian writer and Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa has compared the election to deciding between "cancer and AIDS."

Possible GOP presidential contender visits Chicago

Feb. 4, 2011
Some potential Republican Presidential hopefuls are commemorating President Reagan's 100th birthday by heading to Illinois. Reagan was born in Tampico, Ill and spent most of his childhood in Dixon, Ill. One of those Republicans is Tim Pawlenty, the former governor of Minnesota.