WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is reaping political benefits from the country's brighter economic mood. A new poll shows that Republicans and Democrats alike are increasingly saying the nation is heading in the right direction and most independents now approve the way he's addressing the nation's post-recession period. SEE ALSO: Read more..

More than two years have past since Chris Brown attacked Rihanna in perhaps the most notorious domestic abuse scandal of the decade thus far. SEE ALSO: Read more..