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James Carter, the grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, may have been the one to make the video of Mitt Romney's damning remarks about the "47 percent" in the run-up to the presidential election last year go mainstream, but the man who actually shot the video has remained a mystery, until now. The filmmaker has been revealed as a bartender that was working at the dinner for wealthy Republican owners, and will reveal his full identity this evening.

When President Obama steps onto the debate stage Wednesday night in Denver, he'll seek to avoid what might be called "incumbents opening debate syndrome." Presidents seeking re-election have often struggled in their first debates: Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. Two of those wound up winning re-election anyway; two lost.

Historians say the broad parallels between Mr. Carter’s term and Mr. Obama’s make for legitimate comparisons. But many of the details differ, and some tilt decisively in Mr. Obama’s favor, both factually and politically.

The self-described Atlanta-based "oppo researcher" who helped broker the release of the secret video that has rocked the Romney campaign got a congratulatory email today from his famous grandfather — former President Jimmy Carter.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists aren't sure what to expect, but they think it's nearing interstellar space. In 1977, Jimmy Carter moved into the White House, "Star Wars" and "Saturday Night Fever" premiered in theaters and the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral to explore the outer solar system.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is released from Cleveland hospital after 2-day stay for viral infection.

An airport spokeswoman in Cleveland says former President Jimmy Carter was taken off the plane by rescue crews and taken to a hospital.

The ex-president gives a sense of day-to-day life in the Oval Office — and plays the blame game. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Herbert Hoover might be bracketed together for a number of reasons.

Former President Jimmy Carter is leaving North Korea Friday with a U.S. citizen who's been held there since January, according to the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia.