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September 17, 2012
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As we kicked into high gear for the party conventions, our readers were right there with us, challenging and cheering our work.
A close observer speculates about Texas government likely having a record revenue surplus -- reminding us of our state budget fact checks.
Returning to a frequent theme of his campaign, Mitt Romney on Wednesday charged that the Obama administration, through a statement released by the U.S. embassy in Cairo, made an "apology" to Islamic radicals. We take a closer look.
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Returning to a frequent theme of his campaign, Mitt Romney on Wednesday charged that the Obama administration, through a statement released by the U.S. embassy in Cairo, made an "apology" to Islamic radicals. We take a closer look.
On the campaign trail recently, Mitt Romney brought up an issue that sounded familiar to us: the question of whether "In God We Trust" has been removed from U.S. coins.
PolitiFact looked into it.
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Neil Brown, editor of the Tampa Bay Times, says the recent controversy over fact-checking is all about power.
Texas' land commissioner says he was sued over drilling for oil on the Gulf Coast and protecting turtles, but won. And, he says, the turtles are fine.
On the campaign trail recently, Mitt Romney brought up an issue that sounded familiar to us: the question of whether "In God We Trust" has been removed from U.S. coins.
It's not a new claim, but now that it's emerged in the presidential campaign, we took a new look at its origins.
Gov. Bob McDonnell's mathematical proof doesn't always hold up.
Mitt Romney said, "I will not take ‘God’ off our coins." But it turns out the phrase "In God We Trust" has been there all along.
Weekend Truth-O-Meter rulings look at difference in party platforms about campaign finance rules, whether Medicare would switch to a voucher system