http://news.stlpublicradio.org en http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/live-blog-biden-vs-ryan-vice-presidential-debate Vice President Biden and his Republican opponent, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, had a lively debate at Centre College in Danville, Ky., this evening — one marked by Biden's aggressive challenges to many of the Republican vice presidential nominee's claims and Ryan's oft-repeated message that the Obama-Biden administration's policies aren't working.<p>The discussion was steered by ABC News' Martha Raddatz. It's the only vice presidential debate of the campaign.<p>There were disputes about the response to last month's attack on the U.S. Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:46:08 +0000 Mark Memmott 5308 at http://news.stlpublicradio.org Live Blog: Biden Vs. Ryan In The Vice Presidential Debate http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/fact-checkers-ding-obama-and-biden-some-spinning "We heard some facts being spun" Thursday night when President Obama and Vice President Biden gave their acceptance speeches at the Democratic National Convention, report the watchdogs at FactCheck.org.<p>They and other independent fact checkers have compiled, just as they did at last week's Republican National Convention, a list of those things said by the two parties' standard bearers that don't quite add up or may give misleading impressions.<p>Our colleague Mark Stencel has <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/09/07/160726548/retell-politics-story-about-obamas-mother-gets- Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:17:36 +0000 Mark Memmott 4528 at http://news.stlpublicradio.org Fact checkers ding Obama and Biden for some spinning http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/biden-tours-portions-tornado-damaged-st-louis <p><em>Reporting from Jake Wagman of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch was also used in this report.</em></p><p>Vice President Joe Biden is getting a first-hand look at damage left from a tornado that hit the St. Louis area last month.</p><p>Biden flew into the area Wednesday morning and took a walking tour with Gov. Jay Nixon of portions of the St. Louis suburb of Berkeley.</p><p>Neighborhoods there still showed signs of ruin from the April 22 storms. Some large trees remain toppled onto houses while piles of debris were found along many of the streets.</p> Wed, 11 May 2011 16:51:55 +0000 The Associated Press 1216 at http://news.stlpublicradio.org Biden tours portions of tornado-damaged St. Louis