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Paul Ryan debating Joe Biden wasn't quite the same television draw as Sarah Palin versus Biden was four years ago. An estimated 51.4 million people watched Ryan, the Republican challenger, debate Vice President Biden, a Democrat, on Thursday night, said Nielsen, the company that measures television audiences.

Vice President Joe Biden came out on top of Thursday night’s vice presidential debate with Republican challenger Paul Ryan, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. The energetic Biden claimed a seven-point victory – 42 percent to 35 percent – among registered voters, with a similar margin among independents. Nearly a quarter of registered voters and about a third of independents were unsure who did a better job during the debate at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.

Denver police say it appears one shot has been fired at the Denver office of President Barack Obama's re-election campaign. Police spokeswoman Raquel Lopez tells The Denver Post no one was injured in the shooting Friday afternoon at the office on West Ninth Avenue near Acoma Street. A large panel of glass was left shattered.

U.S. consumer sentiment unexpectedly rose to its highest in five years in October in the latest in a string of encouraging signs from the economy that may boost President Barack Obama's re-election hopes next month.

The White House is defending Vice President Biden over his debate statement that "we weren't told" about requests for more security at a U.S. Consulate in Libya before the Sept. 11 attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others.

No surprise here: Joe Biden versus Paul Ryan isn't as popular as Joe Biden versus Sarah Palin. Preliminary ratings for Thursday's vice presidential debate showed that about 43 million people tuned in to watch the coverage across six networks -- ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, MSNBC and CNN. (The numbers will be updated later to include viewing figures from other networks such as PBS and Fox Business Network.)

Vice President Joe Biden has mangled a heaping helping of facts over the years. Despite being newer to presidential campaign politics, Republican Rep. Paul Ryan has already earned something of a reputation for taking flying leaps past reality.

Lindsay Lohan is Team Romney. In the same week the troubled actress' fight with her mom Dina made headlines, thanks to her dad Michael Lohan releasing a recording of a phone conversation which gave play-by-play of the argument outside Dina's North Merrick home, Lindsay says she's endorsing GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, according to E! News.

With less than 30 days until the election, the campaigns and their supporters are pulling out all the stops to bring in donations and get out the vote. One way to do that is through automated calls — those dreaded robocalls.

The complete transcript of the 2012 vice presidential debate from Danville, Ky.