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Chapter & Verse Joe Biden vs. Paul Ryan: The evolution of the vice president in America

As the presidential race heats up, vice-presidential expert Joel Goldstein discusses how the role of the nation's No. 2 has changed over the decades.
"Lincoln's Hundred Days" and "Seward"

Two new Lincoln-related biographies offer further evidence that we will never tire of reading about our sixteenth president.
Change Agent A modern, wired university grows in Nigeria

The American University of Nigeria provides a modern education right in the backyard of Boko Haram, Nigeria's homegrown terrorist group. One clue: The campus claims 55 percent of all the Internet traffic in Nigeria.
Cover Story Does America need a CEO in the Oval Office?

Mitt Romney has been both vaunted and vilified for his business background. Here's how running a corporation really compares to running a country.
Eisenhower in War and Peace

Jean Edward's Smith's new biography obliterates earlier arguments that Eisenhower’s was a dull, torpid presidency.
US Mint to issue $1 Grant coin. Meh. His spouse's coin? Wow!

US Mint's series of $1 presidential coins have lost value with the dollar's slide. But the US Mint's presidential spouse coins, made of gold, have doubled in value.
The (not so) secret history of the White House Easter Egg Roll

Once held on Capitol Hill, the White House Easter Egg Roll drew 30,000 to the president's South Lawn on Monday morning.
5 great books about obscure presidents

The lives of our worst presidents make surprisingly good reading.
Ben Quayle ad: Who is the worst US president in history?
The Last Stand

Gen. George Custer for US president? Not if Ulysses S. Grant could help it.
Nine Supreme Court justices? Why not stick with eight?

There haven't always been nine Supreme Court justices. In 1866, Congress reduced the Supreme Court to eight justices in protest against President Andrew Johnson.
Jobless? Here are 10 intriguing offers.
Impeached

A second look at the tangled tale of America’s first impeachment trial.
Deconstructing Obama's oratorical skills

He can be a bit professorial, but he's part Reagan, part FDR, and maybe a lot of Teddy Roosevelt.
The Last Dickens

An intriguing meld of mystery and literary history centered on Dickens’s last novel.
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For kids: Name that president

Test your knowledge. Can you answer these questions about the presidents of the United States?