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ALBANY, N.Y. — School districts soon will be able to opt out of a common ammonia-treated ground-beef filler critics have dubbed "pink slime."

Amid a growing social-media storm over so-called "lean, finely textured beef," the Agriculture Department announced Thursday that starting next fall, schools involved in the national school ...

Partisan rancor, corruption and a scandal involving a dancer called 'Toodles.' Maybe today's politics aren't so unusual after all. Michael Moynihan reviews "Rogues and Redeemers."

MARTINS FERRY, Ohio (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says the business background that Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney touts on the campaign trail doesn't necessarily make him fit to run a country....

MARTINS FERRY, Ohio (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says the business background that Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney touts on the campaign trail doesn't necessarily make him fit to run a country....

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Make no mistake, the presidential campaign is well under way for the Democrats as well as the Republicans. Vice President Joe Biden called out Mitt Romney and other GOP rivals as being "dead wrong" about the auto bailout, a feisty ramping-up by President Barack Obama's top political surrogate even as the Republicans battle each other through the primaries....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says Republican Mitt Romney's views on foreign affairs would return the United States to the policies of former President George W. Bush....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden has issued a strong defense of President Barack Obama's foreign policy record and suggested that Republican Mitt Romney doesn't understand the role of contemporary commander in chief....

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Make no mistake, the presidential campaign is well under way for the Democrats as well as the Republicans. Vice President Joe Biden called out Mitt Romney and other GOP rivals as being "dead wrong" about the auto bailout, a feisty ramping-up by President Barack Obama's top political surrogate even as the Republicans battle each other through the primaries....

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Make no mistake, the presidential campaign is well under way for the Democrats as well as the Republicans. Vice President Joe Biden called out Mitt Romney and other GOP rivals as being "dead wrong" about the auto bailout, a feisty ramping-up by President Barack Obama's top political surrogate even as the Republicans battle each other through the primaries....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says Republican Mitt Romney's views on foreign affairs would return the United States to the policies of former President George W. Bush....

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Make no mistake, the presidential campaign is well under way for the Democrats as well as the Republicans. Vice President Joe Biden called out Mitt Romney and other GOP rivals as being "dead wrong" about the auto bailout, a feisty ramping-up by President Barack Obama's top political surrogate even as the Republicans battle each other through the primaries....

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (AP) -- The long and increasingly messy Republican presidential contest is starting to hit Mitt Romney where it hurts most: his wallet....

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (AP) -- The long and increasingly messy Republican presidential contest is starting to hit Mitt Romney where it hurts most: his wallet....

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (AP) -- The long and increasingly messy Republican presidential contest is starting to hit Mitt Romney where it hurts most: his wallet....

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (AP) -- The long and increasingly messy Republican presidential contest is starting to hit Mitt Romney where it hurts most: his wallet....

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (AP) -- The long and increasingly messy Republican presidential contest is starting to hit Mitt Romney where it hurts most: his wallet....

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (AP) -- The long and increasingly messy Republican presidential contest is starting to hit Mitt Romney where it hurts most: his wallet....

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (AP) -- The long and increasingly messy Republican presidential contest is starting to hit Mitt Romney where it hurts most: his wallet....

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (AP) -- The long and increasingly messy Republican presidential contest is starting to hit Mitt Romney where it hurts most: his wallet....

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (AP) -- The long and increasingly messy Republican presidential contest is starting to hit Mitt Romney where it hurts most: his wallet....