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Convention preparations underway in Tampa. | Looking at young Republicans. | Behind the new Will Ferrell political comedy. | A conversation about Romney and wedge issues.

Rubik's cube whizzes compete - some using blindfolds or their feet - at the United States National Rubik's Cube Championship in Las Vegas.

Republicans say Obama 'gutted' welfare. | The push for a female debate moderator. | Parts of the Republican coalition look for trouble. | Romney's new 'protective pool.'

The suspect in the shooting rampage that left six people dead and three wounded at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin has been identified as Wade Michael Page, law enforcement officials announced on Monday.

Nate Silver previews Friday’s jobs report. | Inside New York Times polling. | Twitter’s man in Washington. | The Op-Ed columnist Frank Bruni on Romney and the press.

Melena Ryzik visits a West Virginia county fair to take a fresh look at an old Appalachian tradition.

Lisa A. Miller and her daughter Isabella started their fugitive lives in Managua, Nicaragua, disguised in the long dresses of the Mennonites who spirited them out of the United States.

Romney causes a diplomatic stir. | Londoners react to Romney’s visit. | Nate Silver on battleground states. | The Op-Ed columnist Mark Bittman on food and politics.

A foreign policy focus ahead of Mitt Romney’s overseas trip. | Prospects for gun control dim. | An alternative economy in Florida. | Looking at the big political issues of our time.

New York Times Deputy National Editor Rick Lyman reports on efforts to enter the shooting suspect's apartment and the vigils being held for the victims.